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Originally Posted by strokin_early_99
Bummer to hear. I know a guy, Joey from Terminator, that broke a rod driving down the freeway in his 95. Sometimes it happens and no one knows why. The down side is you have PMR's which are a weak point to begin with.
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All it takes is one cylinder pressure spike to surface fracture, slightly bend, or oval it out... then normal driving afterwards will eventually wear it. Same thing will happen to forged rods, just usually at about 100 more rwhp...
IE: Dockboy, Scuffy, and one of my local buddies... all of them blew the rods out while driving "easy"... not at the track, the pulls, or racing....
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Originally Posted by cdclark
Sure wouldn't mind some good leads on some motors, especially somewhere in the South...
Thanks
Louise
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Check out
DI Performance - Your Powerstroke, Duramax, Cummins Performance Headquarters - they are selling short blocks with FORGED rods for around 3,000 bucks. If you're interested in adding power I'd also install a set of head studs and do some valve work - and you'll be ready for 500 rwhp...
If you're not interested in more power then just get the short block and transfer everything over.
I've never pulled one of these motors but I've had MOST everything off that you need to in order to pull it.
Clutch fan, shroud, Rad, I/C, pipes, turbo, pedistal, uppipes, tranny... definitely something you could do if you had the time and a garage to do it in.