Posted By: Bob_Coomer
6.535 rods with chrysler journals? - 02/02/12 02:49 AM
any source for steel rods like these? Need a 6.535 rod, with standard 2.5/2.375 big end bore and .990 pin...
I have not found any yet?
I have not found any yet?
6.535 rods with chrysler journals?
Posted By: Cab_Burge
Re: 6.535 rods with chrysler journals? - 02/02/12 05:55 AM
Quote:Probally not going to find a stock off of the shelve rod, custom only, me thinks
any source for steel rods like these? Need a 6.535 rod, with standard 2.5/2.375 big end bore and .990 pin...
I have not found any yet?
Posted By: dogdays
Re: 6.535 rods with chrysler journals? - 02/02/12 04:24 PM
6.535 is a bigblock chevy +0.400 length, as you already know. I can't remember ever seeing a rod in that length with anything but a 2.200" crankpin size.
I look at catalogs a lot.
R.
I look at catalogs a lot.
R.
Posted By: gregsdart
Re: 6.535 rods with chrysler journals? - 02/02/12 05:07 PM
BME made aluminum rods for Indy Cyl Heads with those exact dimensions. Had a set in a 499 build years ago. BME will make them I am sure, might be able to scrounge a set still on a shelf. I know you asked for steel, but I don't remember anyone making them?
Posted By: AAR-B4
Re: 6.535 rods with chrysler journals? - 02/02/12 11:00 PM
There must be a good answer to this.............
Why not grind the crank to 2.200?
Why not grind the crank to 2.200?
Posted By: MRMOPAR
Re: 6.535 rods with chrysler journals? - 02/03/12 03:05 AM
Greg
INDY supplied a BME 6.570 rod with MOPAR journals for my 528" low deck. I never saw a 6.535 with MOPAR journals in the INDY catalog..
INDY supplied a BME 6.570 rod with MOPAR journals for my 528" low deck. I never saw a 6.535 with MOPAR journals in the INDY catalog..
Posted By: mac56
Re: 6.535 rods with chrysler journals? - 02/03/12 03:44 AM
Quote:
There must be a good answer to this.............
Why not grind the crank to 2.200?
That is what I just had done to run a chev 6.535 rod.
Posted By: Bob_Coomer
Re: 6.535 rods with chrysler journals? - 02/03/12 03:48 AM
It's cheaper to buy new rods than grind the crank...
I have thought about it..
work on the crank alone would probably be expensive... grinding and retreating...then rebalancing, then your still buying new rods. the loss in mass from journal size is negligible in this engine... Worth zero power, but I guess makes it fit better?? Its a perfect High dollar crank too boot, thats already balanced..
These rods are Bill Miller and are actually 6.525, with the smaller .990 pin...
I have thought about it..
work on the crank alone would probably be expensive... grinding and retreating...then rebalancing, then your still buying new rods. the loss in mass from journal size is negligible in this engine... Worth zero power, but I guess makes it fit better?? Its a perfect High dollar crank too boot, thats already balanced..
These rods are Bill Miller and are actually 6.525, with the smaller .990 pin...
Posted By: Chris'sBarracuda
Re: 6.535 rods with chrysler journals? - 02/03/12 03:56 AM
It couldn't cost this much to cut down a crank to 2.200..
http://www.bmeltd.com/pdf_files/rod%20price%202010%20%282%29.pdf
Chris..
http://www.bmeltd.com/pdf_files/rod%20price%202010%20%282%29.pdf
Chris..
Posted By: gregsdart
Re: 6.535 rods with chrysler journals? - 02/03/12 02:42 PM
Quote:
Greg
INDY supplied a BME 6.570 rod with MOPAR journals for my 528" low deck. I never saw a 6.535 with MOPAR journals in the INDY catalog..
OOps, you are correct! Mine had the 6.57 rods,,,,,,,,,
Posted By: HardcoreB
Re: 6.535 rods with chrysler journals? - 02/03/12 03:52 PM
You have a PM.