Here i am again with my bright ideas!!
Honestly i think my mind has become my nemesis. I start these projects with hopes of finishing them in a reasonable time frame, knowing i have little to no time. Full time nightshift job, small machining business, wife, 4kids...list goes on. The reasonable time frame evolves into years of tidbits of progress. PERSEVERANCE!
Some of you may remember an engine build i did. A 2valve 5.4l with 18:1 static compression, ran on E85.
The 5.4l pistons are not zero deck, meaning the piston at max height isnt level with the engine blocks deck surface. Instead its almost a quarter of an inch below deck. Either longer rods or taller piston is needed to get that zero deck.
New pistons are $700. Aftermarket aluminum rods are $2000. Both having added material increases the weight of the rotational assembly and are typically 50gram over stock weight. Im wanting to keep the weight at or less than stock.
So my big idea is to make my own "extended" connecting rods.
Honestly i think my mind has become my nemesis. I start these projects with hopes of finishing them in a reasonable time frame, knowing i have little to no time. Full time nightshift job, small machining business, wife, 4kids...list goes on. The reasonable time frame evolves into years of tidbits of progress. PERSEVERANCE!
Some of you may remember an engine build i did. A 2valve 5.4l with 18:1 static compression, ran on E85.
The 5.4l pistons are not zero deck, meaning the piston at max height isnt level with the engine blocks deck surface. Instead its almost a quarter of an inch below deck. Either longer rods or taller piston is needed to get that zero deck.
New pistons are $700. Aftermarket aluminum rods are $2000. Both having added material increases the weight of the rotational assembly and are typically 50gram over stock weight. Im wanting to keep the weight at or less than stock.
So my big idea is to make my own "extended" connecting rods.