How fast are your pistons?
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jun 2000
Posts: 3,215
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From: Tampa Florida
Re: How fast are your pistons? (Red94Vette)
I certainly agree with your statement of best rod is a reliable one, but disagree with focusing on the shorter rod of the OEM 400 (5.565). There are 400's out there and they aren't trashed due to the shorter rod. They are trashed because they were installed in large vehicles requiring lots of torque (pickup, van, caprice, etc)
Then again there aren't very many 400's in the beginning when you compare it to some 60 million other small block chevys in existence.
I just get little funny when people put so much importance on rod length and spend the money for something that is really insignificant for 95% of us, including me:)
I've built 400's with short rods...they do fine. Even some guy named Joe Sherman preached short rods and their reduced cost...hardly any power difference between two identically prepared 400's-one short and one long...and these where in the 570 hp range motors.
Just saying that .135 isn't much difference between it and a 350 rod (5.7).
Again I welcome the calculated info.
:D
Then again there aren't very many 400's in the beginning when you compare it to some 60 million other small block chevys in existence.
I just get little funny when people put so much importance on rod length and spend the money for something that is really insignificant for 95% of us, including me:)
I've built 400's with short rods...they do fine. Even some guy named Joe Sherman preached short rods and their reduced cost...hardly any power difference between two identically prepared 400's-one short and one long...and these where in the 570 hp range motors.
Just saying that .135 isn't much difference between it and a 350 rod (5.7).
Again I welcome the calculated info.
:D
