airmail96
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- Mar 28, 2005
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Virginia Beach,
Virginia
Okay so next year after I get back into the states from deployment I plan on going with a 2.3 liter stroker. I was talking to my friend who use to have a stroker telling him about how i was starting my comparison on which company sold the lightest rods and pistons for the best bang for the buck, because from everything I have read the lighter the rods and pistons the easier they are on the rod bearings because of the unfavorable rod ratio.
He proceeded to say:
rod ratio shmaratio. Never seen shit happen. 383 build anyone ?
Lighter parts, let the motor spin faster, easier, less rotational mass.
It has a bi-product of (think like brake rotors) of not having enough mass to store heat. So lighter parts means, they get hotter faster and stay hotter longer.
Bearing life has nothing to do with the weight of anything. Bearings get used when you don't have oil pressure. Moot.
my reply:
your basically saying as long as i have good oil pressure i wont see premature wear of my bearing?
his reply:
or too much power and shearing your oil.
Is this true?
He proceeded to say:
rod ratio shmaratio. Never seen shit happen. 383 build anyone ?
Lighter parts, let the motor spin faster, easier, less rotational mass.
It has a bi-product of (think like brake rotors) of not having enough mass to store heat. So lighter parts means, they get hotter faster and stay hotter longer.
Bearing life has nothing to do with the weight of anything. Bearings get used when you don't have oil pressure. Moot.
my reply:
your basically saying as long as i have good oil pressure i wont see premature wear of my bearing?
his reply:
or too much power and shearing your oil.
Is this true?
