it's too much hassle finding any rods that are press-fit these days


so now I've got an exchange from Summit, free shipping. Gotta find some good rods now.

 

What motor are you working on? And any particular reason why you prefer the press fit over the bushed?

 

Almost all stock factory SBC rods are press-fit. Why not use a set? They're certainly strong enough for most street engines and can usually be bought as a complete set at local machine shops for about nothing (because people pitch them in favor of aftermarket rods, like you're about to do).

 

I'm not saying they suck or anything, I was just curious about why he wanted the press fit if he was buying a new set. I prefer the double spiral locks on floating pins for blueprinting purposes.

 

His pistons aren't grooved for locks.

 

He already has his pistons? Well that would explain that. I thought he was building from scratch and choosing his components. My bad.

 

token, have you already exchanged your pistons yet? I'd really recommend getting press fit rods to match. some floating wrists *can* fall off, unless you use the more durable spiral locks, which apparently are very hard to get on.

usually floating is meant for when you tear down the motor at the end of each season, and i'm assuming you're not so...

what HP level you shooting for? I thought 400HP is about max wasn't it?

 

Cant a machine shop cut the grooves in the pistons for the locks if it doeant already have them?

 

Some pistons you can.

I'd rather run press fit as well, no headache of locks coming out.