??? about rods

[WILD-BILL]

Originally Posted by ruredy

You know the 295 and the 350 share the same rod..... jus sayin
Where/what do you want measured on them?

Rods are measured from the center of one hole to the center of the other hole.


This may be harder than I thought. These rods have some weird dimensions to them

I do know a guy on another forum that may be able to CNC some billet rods but I can't imagine it being cost effective. No harm in asking though

[Monsterezgokid]

What most of us performance junkies need is a forged rod

But if you can get some cnc'ed, it would be interesting to see how they hold up, and if they would off balance the crank significantly.

I just did a quick google. http://www.pauter.com/billet_rods.htm they seem to make 1 off forged rods and stuff.. would be neat to check out.
They even got titanium rods. i can just see it now, a tuned up cart engine hitting 14k rpm, lol.

[WILD-BILL]

I don't think the crank would survive those revs

[tonyton]

There were steel rods available at one time for these motors. But, at $700.00 a set they didn't sell many.
People are using stock cast aluminum and replacing @ 300 hours! More cost effective!
Some have the crank hardened and have bearings installed on the journal.rods.

[tonyton]

There's some info in this thread on cranks, rods etc..
Subarumouse races go-carts in the netherlands, uses a 350. Look at his pics in his profile. Serious! Water cooled, oil cooled....
295 head on 350 performance engine rebuild? The link didn't work, you got the idea! Check it out!