Apr 4, 2018 · Piston guided rods with Honda big end size, thinner rings, lighter pistons, pins, crankshaft, thin oils in engine, trans, rear gear, higher RPMs; it all got too expensive, so …

Jun 30, 2021 · Where they build up a ford Nasar engine for off-road truck racing. it gives a really good look at the piston pin, and the Mahle pistons setup for centering the rods. they too used …

Dec 4, 2018 · Be interesting to know which recent OEM designs are piston guided rods and why. I'm accustomed to the obsolete stuff where there's enough space in a crankcase to swing a …

Jul 20, 2014 · IIRC, the V8 piston-guided rod came into widespread use when NASCAR qualifying engines were being built as ten lap hand grenades. The surprising thing was reducing the rod …

Feb 7, 2005 · Piston Guided Rods by la360 » Mon Feb 07, 2005 11:01 am This technology has been around Nascar and Comp eliminator etc for a while from what I understand. I was …

Apr 11, 2024 · Mercedes F1 prefer piston guided, Ferrari prefers rod guided. Got to remember, on a full skirt type piston vs a box type, you haven't really changed the contact area to the bore, …

Feb 24, 2008 · We have a rotating assembley from RCR. It has come apart voilently. We have repaired the block, replaced the rods and the pistons. It is a dart 351W. The crank journals ar …

Apr 7, 2016 · Setting up a piston guided 4 banger at the moment, got about .080" side clearance at the small end - so I need to machine up some spacers. What is the recommended material …

Nov 7, 2010 · Some of the rods are in the .700" wide area at the big end. But as they kept trying to find the limit Nascar stepped in and found it for them by having a minimum weight for the …

Apr 15, 2008 · Rod Pair Side Clearance between .008" to .010" for Street or Racing in NHRA Stock + SS Classes .008" to .010" ( or even as little as .005" ), works great in Street or …