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A few pics.

Burnsy

damn this thing is a beast.

on a sidenote, I always get you and forensicsteve confused. Your avvys are real similar and both of your cars are monsters.

MexGT

+1

modaddict

+2...[8D]

ebr

Does this help?

ebr

Well I guees its time to update . Do good news though. First off the kit came with the main bearings for a iron block so that ment a 2 week delay buy the time they went to Polydyn to be coated an got to methen the day after they got here my builder had to go in for back surgerythat turned out to be a little more work than the had thought and that ment more recovory time ( but he is doing well now) then he comes back onlyto find thatthe rods would not fit so I sent the rods back to MMR last Fri. and after reveiwing the rods they called Manley who said they needed to machine .015 off the piston cap wall for the clearance needed with this rotating ***. for the parts to work together so they have done that for me as of today and will ship the rods back out tomarrow. I called Manley to verify this as I am very worried about these rods at this point ,and they said they were aware of some setups needing this kind of machineing with this rod and that I have nothing to worry about that MMR is very a reputable builder and seller of their parts , but the problem is I keep getting conflicting storys be tween the two companys . The rod is a Chevy rod (offset at the bottem) made to fit the ford pistons and Manley said this is how they have always built the I beam rods. Well MMR says the rod have always been with no offset but equal on both sides that is why they thought me and my builder were nuts when we said we had a offset rod . I just hope this is enough clearance . I really do not want any more delays . This really sucks the whole reason I went with the high dollar Billit Pro Series I Beam over the H Beam was for peice of mind and now all I can do is worry about this engine not comeing apart after its togetter even after MMR and Manley have both said it will be fine . Has anyone ever heard of this kind of a problem with Manley Billit Pro Seires I Beam rods or this problem in general (keep in mind these are Manley pistions as well) ? Here are pics of the old rods and the new ones . Also I have decided to take the car to Manny at HPP for the tunning and let him do his magic. After much thought I decided I need a local tunner for this car and I think he will be the best choice after visiting with him today.[/align]

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HaneyMotorsport.Com

The Manley Pro-series I rods are strong. The one thing is .....they are not billet! Many people say/give them that name, but they are a forged 4340 rod. I know Manley has a different forging process for them compared to the H-beams. For the price, I recommend Oliver Billet rods.

In any event, those rods will handle more than the block itself, so you are ok!

Casey

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The problem is they are on the way back to me now with the piston caps clearenced .015 but they still do not have but .008 clearence per pair on the Kellogg crank and from what I understand per Manley they need .015-.025 per pair. So we still will have to machine them when they get here.

CainMotorsports2102

Rod/Main clearance?

Do you have a list of all your tolerances, or is it per manufacture? Gonna be a blueprinted build or done in the garage? Mic'ing everything out I do suppose?

Badass build BTW!

ebr

Yes rod/main clearance. I do not know all of the tolerances. My builder said that it should have .015-.020 for the pair of rods and Manley says .015-.025 and we only have .008. And yes micing everything .