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Oct 29, 2020 | 08:45 AM

FordEdsel75

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rod bolt worries

I just finished fully assembling my 390fe and installed it in the truck. The mods I did were headers, 268h cam/springs, and performer intake. I chose for some dumb reason to reuse my stock rod bolts even though I have a set of ARPs. All the stock bolts seemed to look ok and not stretched. Should I be worried and tear it down again or leave it? It will just be used around town and not crazy high rpms. And I don't think my mods I did will add a ton of HP. Any guesses on HP numbers?

Oct 29, 2020 | 09:14 AM

ford390gashog

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The stock bolts should be okay, they are not TTY so you should be fine.

Oct 29, 2020 | 09:20 AM

hobohilton

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You are in a "Risk vs Reward" situation with the rod bolts. I'd say there is more risk in removing the old ones and replacing with newer ones. A lot could go wrong during the swap out.

Not worth the risk.... IMHO

Hobo