Originally Posted by
orionmojo
Performance ford staff car had 252bhp on std rods iirc. Jamsport did the work and maintained it.
i await to be corrected
Plenty of people run stock rods for well over 200bhp and are fine, I was just pointing out that is the weak point and how low they have been known to go.
Originally Posted by
cj_rst
Interesting, so a set of ARP bolts for the rods (might as well do crank too while you're there) and you've got an engine that safely take 250ish bhp!
Yes pretty much, again it's a bit of pot luck with the rods themselves too, I supose it depends on how well they were cast, how many imperfections etc..