Which rods
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An '01 engine should have the support in the lifter area, thicker valley walls, a crank that does NOT have lightening holes drilled through the rod journals, and the block should be clearanced for the larger counterweights on the crankshaft that were a result of eliminating the lightening holes in the rod journals. Also, the pistons in an '01 should have the intermediate ring grooves cut deeper (pre Jan '98 were 0.402" and post Jan '98 were 0.435") and use a wider intermediate ring (pre Jan '98 intermediate ring was 0.137" and post Jan '98 intermediate ring was 0.185")..
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FYI, OBS engines aren't really having any problems holding power. The thicker material in the valley area is not going to make or break this build. It will hold just fine unless the tuning gets retarded.. lol
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i am not questioning it just in my head if there is something better i am interested.
my prob is in the past i had 5.0 mustangs. As you know the stock block is the weak link around 500hp and they split from the valley to the mains. therefore if a better block is available..not that i will ever test its limits!
Glenn..I'm not thinking with single shots that the block noise reduction would be enough to be worth it. But there is a lot of metal there!
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