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in a fit of RAGE trying to make it go pop i floored it in neutral held it for about 5 seconds the tach needle was buried .. the neighbors came outside it was so loud.. i was cursin and throwing my fists in the air good thing the air bag can take a good punch.. anyhow sounded like soemthing popped or came undone when i let off the gas havnt been back out to mess wiff it agian .. ill post what happened when i cool down and am level headed again... 
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>Well, ok. To each his own........
>Have a good time.
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>Lynn.
Dont plan to do it again .. and apparently nothing happened
phew..
Dont know why we do the things we do till they are already done..
>Have a good time.
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>Lynn.
Dont plan to do it again .. and apparently nothing happened
phew.. Dont know why we do the things we do till they are already done..
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ricekiller, I have found it hard to kill the 300 I-6. if you do plan on killing it try running it off a cliff at 5000rpm and no oil.... that is about all that will do it and it will probably survive that too.. STRONG motor. or just give it to a honda s2000 owner that is used to a 9000rpm redline and I am sure they can MAYBE kill it.
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Hehehehe... That won't kill it.... My HD handles being shifted @ 7200 with no problems.... I only do that when I'm auto x-ing it(used to use my 'Stang, but, it died and racing is in my blood, I never do win, but, it is fun...) Normally, I shift ~4000 or so.... That sounds high for a stock 300, but, I don't remember what a stock 300 drives like in my truck.... The engine I replaced in my truck was run 1200 miles on I-95 with the thermostat in backwards... Sure, it had a warped head and no bearings, but, it ran.....
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>Hehehehe...My HD handles being
>shifted @ 7200 with no problems....
WOW!
i'm thinking about using 300 or 240 connecting rods for a v8 stroker motor, and i was wondering what kind of rpm they can handle. does the 300 HD have different rods than a regular 300?
do you know anything about the rods in the 240?
what did you do to that 300 to get it to run like that?
thanks,
>shifted @ 7200 with no problems....
WOW!
i'm thinking about using 300 or 240 connecting rods for a v8 stroker motor, and i was wondering what kind of rpm they can handle. does the 300 HD have different rods than a regular 300?
do you know anything about the rods in the 240?
what did you do to that 300 to get it to run like that?
thanks,
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General consensus is that all the BB6's(240 & 300 HD & LD) all have forged rods/ The 300's are 6.212" long, and the 240's are 6.79" long.
The 300 HD has a forged crank and forged pistons and goodies like that, but, they all seem to run the same rods.
My 300?
Lets see, heavily worked over 66 240 head with SBC valves, Clifford 270H cam installed 4 degrees retarded, hedman header, nothing much other than the head and cam and my being a nutcase.... Eventually, it is getting two TO3's an intercooler, and a custom EFI system...
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The 300 HD has a forged crank and forged pistons and goodies like that, but, they all seem to run the same rods.
My 300?
Lets see, heavily worked over 66 240 head with SBC valves, Clifford 270H cam installed 4 degrees retarded, hedman header, nothing much other than the head and cam and my being a nutcase.... Eventually, it is getting two TO3's an intercooler, and a custom EFI system...
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daaayum, Evan! TWO t3's???
so the 300 and the 300HD have the same forged rod, which is ALSO the same as the 240 rod, except the 240 version is over 1/2" longer, correct?
the 240 rod is the one i'm really interested in. i would be narrowing the big end about .05" each side and putting it in a motor with 4.18" stroke though. i have no idea how much strength would be lost by cutting down the sides of the big end, and of course the extra stroke would be pretty hard on them too, i suspect. but considering the price of aftermarket rods, it's definately worth looking into!
so the 300 and the 300HD have the same forged rod, which is ALSO the same as the 240 rod, except the 240 version is over 1/2" longer, correct?
the 240 rod is the one i'm really interested in. i would be narrowing the big end about .05" each side and putting it in a motor with 4.18" stroke though. i have no idea how much strength would be lost by cutting down the sides of the big end, and of course the extra stroke would be pretty hard on them too, i suspect. but considering the price of aftermarket rods, it's definately worth looking into!
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Hehehehe.... I'm a shootin for a measily 350 horsepower 
I have the setup ready to bolt on, but, I need to get a more turbo friendly cam first.... I programmed the EFI system for it myself, it was a computer for a Buick 3.8L Turbo when I started with it....
Yup, that's pretty much the story on the rods, other than the 65-67's having a smaller pin size(I'll look them up for ya)...
As for using the 240 rods in a stroker, I suggest getting in contact with Dave Williams(at last check, his e-mail was: dw42@angelfire.com , his page is @ http://www.angelfire.com/ar/dw42/
) He's built more than a few strokers with 240 and 300 rods....
What kinda stroker are you building? I've got a 351W that may end up a 393, and a 429 that is gonna end up a 520 with 240 rods after I finish this 300 and a 240 that is in the planning stages(it's getting a 320M cam)...
4.18" stroke eh? That's just an inch more than a 240.... Probably won't hurt things too much....
Evan
I have the setup ready to bolt on, but, I need to get a more turbo friendly cam first.... I programmed the EFI system for it myself, it was a computer for a Buick 3.8L Turbo when I started with it....
Yup, that's pretty much the story on the rods, other than the 65-67's having a smaller pin size(I'll look them up for ya)...
As for using the 240 rods in a stroker, I suggest getting in contact with Dave Williams(at last check, his e-mail was: dw42@angelfire.com , his page is @ http://www.angelfire.com/ar/dw42/
) He's built more than a few strokers with 240 and 300 rods....
What kinda stroker are you building? I've got a 351W that may end up a 393, and a 429 that is gonna end up a 520 with 240 rods after I finish this 300 and a 240 that is in the planning stages(it's getting a 320M cam)...
4.18" stroke eh? That's just an inch more than a 240.... Probably won't hurt things too much....
Evan
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