Originally Posted By Cab_Burge
Do you want to trust imported rod bolts? work
ARP makes several different quality and priced rod bolts, all in 7/16 diameter shruggy
The #8740 are the cheapest and weakest , their ARP 2000 are better and more expensive and their L19 bolts are the most expensive and strongest for all racing applications with a lot(500+ HP and 7000+ RPM)
The piston total weight and ring pack affect drag and weight, and the RPM they (all components)will fail at shruggy
Good luck, buy the best rods, pistons, rings and bearings you can for this build, not the cheapest twocents


Current bob weight is calculated at 1932.
I used mopar rod bolts in stock rods for 72k miles
without issue. 5800 rpm redline and 10psi.
RPM will not be over 6k, most likely 5500 so I could use STOCK rod bolts and never have a problem.

Compression strength around the base of the big end on the rod beam is what I need.
Nothing is going to fly apart in this engine. Gonna get smashed or twisted from boost first.
. :-)

Last edited by prochargedmopar; 06/17/17 06:39 PM.
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