Chevy rods?
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Racer
Joined: Jun 2001
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From: Sanford Florida
Chevy rods?
I took my block into the machine shop today, and the guy seemed interested in the rods. He kind of reminds me of a snake, but he does good work, so I go with him, but am weary of his words. Here is my question. The rods, I thought were stock chevy out of a one piece small block (10243880). I did notice though, that they have no balancing pads on the big end. It was smoothe and just followed the curve of the bore. Is there anything special about these rods, and should I get them back from him, and not let him trade me for a set of rods he has that are "better?" The reason, obviously, that I became suspicious of him is that he wanted to trade me a better set, when he knew I would be fine with the set I had. Any knowlege on rods without balancing pads would help. Just for another piece of info, the other one piece block I have had x-rods in it, and they of course have pads on them.
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From: absecon nj
Re: Chevy rods? (chuckb01)
arent they the gm pm rods they use in the vortec and zz4 motors,id rather use them then the x rods...but the x rods will take some abuse too i use them in alot of motors.but if theres nothing wrong with the others use them..sounds like he wants them for himself to me.
