Originally Posted By 340Cuda
Originally Posted By polyspheric
horsepower has nothing to do with it. It is a function of piston/pin/ring weight and RPM

X2, reciprocating weight X RPM^2 (with a tiny adjustment for rod thrust angle) determines rod breakage.


Could you go through a calculation of this for us?


Don't encourage him...

'63 Dodge 330
11.19 @ 121 mph
Pump gas, n/a, through the mufflers on street tires with 3.54's. 3,600 lbs.
10.01 @ 133mph with a 250 shot of nitrous an a splash of race gas. 1.36 60 ft. 3,700 lbs.