Larry at Speed Inc has eagle rods and eagle crank on his LT1 383. I believe he is running a 250 shot and has run a best of 9.80. Motor still going strong. Larry's Car So theres one vote for Eagle rods.

 

This hardly qualifies as two experiences of problems with Eagle products - and it isn't exactly a compelling argument against them. A lot of rod failures can be attributed to poor machine work on other shortblock parts or improper assembly. You stated "although his crank bent and we're still not sure why" - so how can you assume the rods were at fault in this failure? Who did the machine work, balancing, and final assembly? Without all of the facts, this is just another pristine example of how rumors are started. I ran Eagle 6.800" rods and their stroker crank in a 14.5:1 Pontiac 455 with a dual stage shot of nitrous - no problems. I've also used Eagle products in a variety of small/big block Chevrolet and small block Ford applications - no problems.

 

And you're success with them will hardly qualify as an advertisement of the quality or lack there of for eagle rods. If you read my original post you will see where I said Others have had success with them but that is my OPINION that I would stay away from them from my personal expierences!

They are a great bang for the buck, and a good rod for some or most builds but in my recent search for a rotating assembly for a 422/427 stroker motor I want to build I've contaced many sponsors of this board and all of them suggested other rods than Eagles. Although none of them said anything negative about the Eagle brand, besides that in the past they were prone to not hold their tolerances. I won't divulge who did the Assemblying or Machine work on the motor since they were both done by the same place and I don't like to strike out against a shop, especially since the issues of the LT1 motor is in the process of being resovled. Although I can say they are very reputable for SBC and LT1 motors. It can be said without arguement that an Oliver Billet Rod is stronger than a Forged Eagle Rod whether or not it was the Rods manufacturing or something else that caused the failures a bad expierence can leave a sour taste in a mouth about a product such as good expierences make you happy with Eagle rods.

I think its best that someone looks at the Horsepower level and RPM they want to make/use when they are selecting a Connecting Rod. Just my $.02

 

Hell yeah a $1200 rod will be better than a $400 rod.... but talk about overkill. There is no reason for those rods unless your spraying a BIG shot and in a racing circuit.

 

Most people are gona buy an eagle rod for a daily driven car that can use the extra strength of forged parts but are not trying to set records. But if your building a stroker or superstroker I would just go and get a set of the high dollar rods because look at the cost of what youve already spent on the other parts. If this is a street driven 346 were talking about I say eagle all the way.

 

This doesn't make much sense. My success with these parts obviously demonstrates their durability. If they were of questionable quality, they would have failed.

If I was in the business of selling high performance engine parts, I would steer you toward more expensive parts, too. There is greater profit associated with higher priced parts. I'm not saying this is a bad thing - if you have the money and want to spend it on higher quality rods, that's great. However, the Eagles will hold up just fine in a strong street/strip car.

You may be blowing this a bit out of proportion. I never stated anything to the contrary. I would certainly hope that a rod with the price tag of an Oliver would be of higher strength and quality than an Eagle - but they are overkill in a street/strip engine. The money saved could be better spent in other areas of the engine, or the rest of the car.

That doesn't make much sense. How can you blame a manufacturer or their product when you haven't determined the cause of failure? I don't think that's being open-minded or fair. I would surely want to know if it was the rods, another part, or the machinist/assembly before I sent my engine back to the same place.

I couldn't agree more

 

Ive got eagle rods in a ton of motors making 600-800 hp, no failures..

 

P/N we use is CRS6125B3D, it's a Eagle H beam rod.

 

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MUSTANGEATER,

Could you post some digital pics of these failed rods? I haven't seen many failed rods EVER but I've seen many that went south due to no oil.