I'm posting this for general information. On researching my new short block I have found out that when going to a 6 inch rod the total piston/rod weight is reduced. The will aid in the balancing of your motor and the force applied to the crankshaft at higher rpms.

Also something else I did not know. I was playing with my dynamic compression ratio calculator and with the 6 inch rod at least in my case it lowers the DCR slightly. In my case that is a good thing.

I'm shooting for a static compression ratio of 11.00:1 and a DCR of 8.5:1. Well with the 6 inch rod it brought in the DCR right at 8.51:1 with my target 11.00:1 compression ratio. With the 5.7 inch rod the DCR was a little higher at 8.55:1.

Also the rod angle is a little better with the 6 inch rod. Funny on the horsepower. With DynoSim it says I will gain 2 horsepower. However with PipeMax it says I will loose two horsepower. I'll just call it even.

 

haha, that's pretty standard results when going to a 6" rod. (re: research)

Teeny tiny changes on paper. The actual real world results, well, I think the jury is still out on that. It's such a small difference, I think density altitude, cloud cover, and lunar cycle will have more noticeable effects

 

Allen still thinks he's building a race car engine in a street car body. You'll never be happy Allen, so just go with the 420ci aluminum small block engine.

 

longer rod or stroke= slower reving engine

thats why the 302 that came in the 68 & 9 camaros were so bad ****

 

Hey, just taking advantage of the new technology. How did I know my car with TPI would want to rev and make good power into the high 6000rpm range.

 

rod length doesnt effect stroke.