L-35 Rods
L-35 Rods
I presume U mean the stock, supposedly forged, rods ?
Of course U will want to get the input of the real SyTy heavyweights on this, but I have been researching this for over a year. I am not done w my rebuild after ~ a year, and sometimes wonder if I ever will be - but one constant theme on The List seems to be that the stock Rods are the weak point of these engines.
I blew a Rod on a totally stock engine @ ~100 K, no Racing, Hi Boost or anything, and no way would I go back w these POS's. Hard to believe they R forged, because I'm not the only one to have thrown one. The cheapest alternatives, that as far as I know everyone is happy with, are the forged Eagle rods (which are Asian) and that's what I went with. I was looking at Carillos and Olivers and many others also, which all cost more and the delivery is longer. Whether they R better or just cost more because they R "made in the USA", I don't know.
I originally wanted to go w a forged crank, and had one lined up for months on a "real deal" for ~$1000. Then I got "educated" (one Stupid F*ck) and realized that it was an Oddfire crank, which R common and available. Going Oddfire is pretty much "Full Race" and very few want to go that way - and mounds of discussion have been devoted to that. BG also has a writeup on this at the Chitown site. On further inspection, it appears that to get the correct forged Evenfire crank, it takes 4-6 Mo, and costs at least $2500. I couldn't find any way around this, so I went w a new GM cast crank in a Bowtie 4-Bolt block. But then most guys don't want to spend that much $$, which is certainly understandable, because I am in over my Ears.
Good luck !
