02-06-2018, 07:48 PM
Dave the bolts were at 80 inch pounds. Yes the engines spin at 11,500 to about 12 all the time. Some need to understand we often put more laps on that many people would. It's not uncommon for us to go for a practice day at say Sugar River and run 75 + laps. These were 1" alky carbs on box mufflers engines. It will be some time possibly before we hear anything on the rod bolts. I doubt USMP cares about us or giving a break on bolts. Hard enough to even get an engine from them. The Bennet rods benefit ,I think, from the fact that they have the dowel pin to locate the cap and that takes a lot of stress off the bolt. But that's' my 2 cents. What do I know? I just feel there was a specific reason why the McCulloch Corp. didn't just use any rod bolt in the engines they produced.