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Originally Posted by xb-60
Thanks Rick. Interesting stuff. I’ve never heard of using aluminium alloy conrods….how does the strength of the rod compare to a forged alloy steel rod?
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they are used extensively in drag racing circles and are life to the number of revolutions they do as they self destruct due to having high rpms, excessive combustion pressures for about 7 or 8 seconds, but the up side is a light rotating assembly accelerates faster, in the lower gear where quite often the limit to the rate of acceleration is the rotating mass in the engine, clutch/torque converter etc