63chevystepside
High speed low drag.
What is the rpm limit of stock rod bolts on a sbc 4 bolt? 5500rpm? 6500rpm? 7000rpm?
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sbc rod bolts
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That's a loaded question with a lot of variables?
Brand new or do they have 200,000 miles on them? The rod bolts are not necessarily the part I'm worried about giving up first. How often will it see the rpm?
Sent from Ft. Worth TX
Brand new or do they have 200,000 miles on them? The rod bolts are not necessarily the part I'm worried about giving up first. How often will it see the rpm?
Sent from Ft. Worth TX
63chevystepside
High speed low drag.
I bought the engine when i bought the nova he said the engine was rebuilt less than a year when i got it(he said he had it up to 7200 to 7500rpm) and i yanked it when i got the car an toar into it-the bottom end is a 350 bored 30 over an it is a 4 bolt block an its not a 10 block-crank is a nodular fetus crank1010 turned-crank is balanced so is flywheel and it has a fluid damper-it has 10.5 to 1 pistions but im putting 400 heads an dropping the compression down to about 9 to 1-heads are rebuilt an pinned shaved 8thou-im wanting to be able to run 6500rpm and if i want to all the time without it coming apart. The cam will be a 286h(flat tappet-110 lobe-286 duration-480 lift-good up to 6200rpm) I will be putting it on 4 retard on the chain.....it be strip street.I will be running stronger pushrods and higher rev lifters. Im not sure where stock rod bolts limit are? I don't know why the guy did'nt put arp rod bolts but he did'nt but they look like they where checked if stretched. What if not the rod bolts would be what would concern you? ssl
