Originally Posted by SSDiv6 (Post 435070)

The only Manley connecting rod that is made in the USA is the Pro Beam. All the others are off shore blanks machined in the USA.

Originally Posted by Kevin Panzino (Post 435128)

That would be news to me and would result in an extremely irate phone call to both manley and patterson racing tomorrow morning....

Are you saying the Manley TourLite series which they specifically tout as 100% USA made, are in fact offshore forgings?

Originally Posted by joespanova (Post 435151)

In a situation like mine , where you lose an aluminum rod..........was it a bearing / oiling failure that caused the rod to fail...........or the rod getting kicked out of shape that made it "appear" to be a bearing failure? Hard to say.........the crank has bearing metal transfer that was obviously hot...........but why? Which came first ? Is the oil system adequate ?
Rods probably have 120ish runs on them.

Originally Posted by joespanova (Post 434973)

Anyone using steel rods to 9000 RPM (give or take) with 300 plus runs?
I lost a rod this weekend, ( Howards aluminum ) although the damage was basically just the block , 1 piston..........., Now I'll put a spare block into service and consider steel rods..............but , I'm not about to spend 3-4 grand on a set of Carillos.........no way. I'll go back to aluminum , possibly. I think any rod manufacturer that tells you their aluminum rods will see 300 runs in a combo like mine is full of shee-ot.
My fault / stupidity for running them past the 80 -100 runs ..........I should have chucked them a month ago........I'm a slow learner.........:D But my best guess is I didnt have more than 125 runs on those rods.

Small Chevy , 14.0 comp 6.150 rod.........so you can do the math , the piston isn't heavy.........

Originally Posted by Bobby Lundholm (Post 435156)

Give me a call I work at Oliver Racing Parts I'll work with you. We've had customers call that had 10 years on set of rods in 2,500 HP blower motor. Oliver is the only company that every part of the production process is done in the USA to be exact everything is done in Michigan.
231-237-4515

Originally Posted by Bobby Lundholm (Post 435156)

Give me a call I work at Oliver Racing Parts I'll work with you. We've had customers call that had 10 years on set of rods in 2,500 HP blower motor. Oliver is the only company that every part of the production process is done in the USA to be exact everything is done in Michigan.
231-237-4515

Originally Posted by SSDiv6 (Post 435167)

Oliver makes one of the best steel rods I have seen.
Some of the Ford off road racing trucks have used their rods for 3 seasons without failure.

Originally Posted by joespanova (Post 435168)

I don't think they are going to be able to give me a 6.150 rod......and I'm not into buying new pistons.......but , I'll see what he has to say.

Originally Posted by Bobby Lundholm (Post 435171)

We can make you a 6.150 rod with no problems. If the big end and small end are all standard sizes it will not take much for us to get you taken care of. Custom rods generally take about 6-8 weeks to complete once ordered, but lately we have been able to finish them in 4 weeks.