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Originally Posted by Old Buzzard  Something else wrong.. 1 rod on each throw, all broken in the same place???
Engine on the "squeeze"?? |
rods at fault, here....Breaking the rods at the big end, is the big ?? A rod, being a member in compression, will have it's weakest point at the middle, not at the heaviest part of the beam. I'd be looking at other indicators.
Plug readings.
Tops of the pistons.
Bearings. [Rods and mains]
Were the rods a matched set?
Stepping "up" to a better rod may not be the cure, if you don't find out what caused the problem, in the first place.
Rating a rod by "HP" is hokey, to begin with.[Advertizing hype]. Max cyl psi occurs at max torque, not max HP...