Originally Posted By pittsburghracer
Originally Posted By markz528
Thanks for all the replies. Since those are stock rods they owe me nothing and they have not had an easy life.

For $400 I will put in a set of Scat rods that are bushed. I wonder if some of the issue was the fact that the rod was not bushed.

Will suck it up and re-balance the assembly.




When we used to run our stock rods like that (unbushed) years ago we would drill a 1/8 hole in the top of the rod and champher it to give the pin some oil. it helped some but not totally.


I know that some SBC and BBC came from the factory with floating pins and without bushings. 69 302 for example.
The drill the top and chamfer was a common mod for those too.

Mark


1996 Ram 1500 Sport
1968 road runner
1952 Sears Allstate licensed, pump gas, Hemi 5.98 @ 115.73 1.33 60 ft. The best is yet to come. Painless Performance / Street RODDER magazine Top 100 for 2019