DeTomaso Mailing List: December 97, Message #113
     



From: 	JDeRyke <JDeRyke@aol.com>

Subject: Re:  Re: Best 351C?

Date: 	Tue, 9 Dec 1997 14:15:59 +0000



RE the "best 351C"- using aluminum rods in a street engine is one of the sure

ways to utterly shred an engine. They work-harden in use and WILL break, you

just don't know exactly when. They are for drag racing only- they absorb

shocks like detonation without transmitting it to the crank, but the absorbed

shocks build up until you have two-piece rods! Nicholson always rpm-ed his

engines outa the frames which is why he went to big-bore/short stroke motors

and 9000rpms. Don't confuse engine uses; some of those things are extremely

specialized. Oh,  Jack Roush built up a stroked 400 for his replica-Cobra a

while back: 4" bore by 4-3/8" stroke with Chevy-sized rods= over 500 horses &

lots of torque. J DeRyke