new Connecticut customer

[JerrywithaG]

tore down motor to do a headgasket job & switch to Champion GN1 "R" heads and found something a little more interesting in the bottom end...

[JerrywithaG]

What a good connecting rod looks like:





What we found:

[Royal-T]

Wow!! What brand rods were those?
Any specs on what happened when the HG let go?

thanks
aaron

[JCotton1]

Originally Posted by Royal-T

Wow!! What brand rods were those?
Any specs on what happened when the HG let go?

thanks
aaron

well... they are the Scat rods, but when you run 29lbs of boost, burn a hole through the head gasket to a water jacket and hydro-lock a cylinder.... something has to give... seen it happen a few times before..

[Royal-T]

Originally Posted by JCotton1

well... they are the Scat rods, but when you run 29lbs of boost, burn a hole through the head gasket to a water jacket and hydro-lock a cylinder.... something has to give... seen it happen a few times before..

I guess better the rod then the crank...

thanks for the response Jack