Why are these cars surrounded by friggin IDIOTS!!! I have come to the conclusion that too many tools own these cars and even more tools are selling performance stuff for them. Put Manley up on that list.
I am not a moron here…Manley is. So I don’t care to see posts of “you must of explained something wrong” or “they must be right because Manley made it”.
I got a call 2 weeks ago from the Manley tech department stating that they inspected my rods and they are fine. The revolving door of specs now states that the gap width should be .155” not .125-.130”. Keep in mind the same tech department stated the width should be .130” and my rods were defective and to send them back
. Hence they wrapped them back up and sent them back to me…at least I got a refund on shipping.
So to conclude if you get these rods and have the same problem I noted, you need to do the following:
1. Ensure you have a tang width cut into the rod and cap of .150-.155” wide
2. Butt the bearing tang toward the center of the rod on the rod and cap.
Also take care to ensure the bearing did not slide back over when installing the rods and pistons into the block for final assembly. I had one scoot that needed to be readjusted.
I got the motor in the car this past Sunday and should fire her up this weekend…we will see how these rods do.
Adam