Re: 440 Source Rods
[Re: LaRoy Engines]
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02/02/16 11:31 PM
02/02/16 11:31 PM
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Yep, got a set of 'em once. Love the guys at 440 Source and use a lot of their stuff, but I won't get another set of those rods. what did you find?
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Re: 440 Source Rods
[Re: 500ciDuster]
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02/03/16 02:31 PM
02/03/16 02:31 PM
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LaRoy Engines
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With the set that I received, the big end that was supposed to .014" varied from .009"-.017". Not between the different rods, but on the individual rods, some had an .008" taper on the big end. From the beginning the threads were looser than I consider satisfactory and no matter how much effort you used to clean them up they felt like sand was between the threads as you assembled the rods. The area where the capscrew meet the rod cap was roughly machined and the torque never felt smooth when tightening the capscrew. Did some machining to get the big ends parallel and to clean up the rod cap. I have no doubt that 440 Source would have sent me as many replacement rods as I may have requested, they are good about that! Shipping things back and forth was going to cost me time and I had to get my personal beater back together. There are H-beam rods that are only $150 dollars more that would be a better, stronger deal with far less prep time involved.
Last edited by LaRoy Engines; 02/03/16 02:33 PM.
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Re: 440 Source Rods
[Re: dogdays]
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02/04/16 03:11 AM
02/04/16 03:11 AM
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I bought a 440source blem dist & when on it to correct that I broke one of the plastic adv weights (unrelated to the blem issue) and I called Brandon yesterday to buy another weight or pair of em & he said just buy some parts & he'll throw in another dist (blem) for free! Today I picked out ~$30 worth of stuff I needed & the ten dollars for shipping & all good. Brandon is the man!! Prior orders have all been good
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Re: 440 Source Rods
[Re: dogdays]
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02/04/16 03:02 PM
02/04/16 03:02 PM
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There's a new 440Source stock replacement rod that uses a capscrew instead of a bolt. $250.00 I just went to look it up. The shoulder of the rod, the transistion from the shank to the big end, looks a lot nicer than the old ones, although the old ones for my uses would have been just fine.
Anyhow I am attaching a picture from the Source.
R. Yep, those are the ones I used.
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Re: 440 Source Rods
[Re: RapidRobert]
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02/04/16 03:05 PM
02/04/16 03:05 PM
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I bought a 440source blem dist & when on it to correct that I broke one of the plastic adv weights (unrelated to the blem issue) and I called Brandon yesterday to buy another weight or pair of em & he said just buy some parts & he'll throw in another dist (blem) for free! Today I picked out ~$30 worth of stuff I needed & the ten dollars for shipping & all good. Brandon is the man!! Prior orders have all been good Most true, my customer service experiences with them have been exactly the same.
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Re: 440 Source Rods
[Re: 500ciDuster]
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02/09/16 11:15 PM
02/09/16 11:15 PM
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moper
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I dont think I've ever had a set of Source rods that were good once you used the ARP lube and cycled them a couple times. Still a good value product but I don't believe I ever had a kit that didn't need something - and rods always needed attention.
Well, art is art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water! And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now, uh... Now you tell me what you know.
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