Powdered metal rods
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Greg's right. Engines built at the very end of 2000 and later have the PMR's. If you want to take a look, there's an inspection plug (oddball size) that you can pull and take a peek. 7.3 Inspection Hole for Powdered Metal Rod Determination
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Here is a breakdown I copied from Haulin_Horses 2 on PSN:
Here is the engine serial number break down for the forged and powdered connecting rods. Check you engine serial number on the valve cover build sticker or you need to look at the block where the oil cooler is bolted to it .
Start of production thru 1425746 are Forged Rods
1425747 thru 1440712 are Powdered Rods
1446713 thru 1498318 are Forged Rods
1498319 thru final production run are all powdered
Or you can break them then you know what you have-Ha Ha-Just kidding
The reason for the break in serial numbers is a "test" run to be sure there were not any issues with the powdered rods. Once the process was production tested the powered rod process was used until the end of production.
With a 2002 you definitely have PMR rods. The majority say that 400 hp is the limit you want to go buy.
Here is the engine serial number break down for the forged and powdered connecting rods. Check you engine serial number on the valve cover build sticker or you need to look at the block where the oil cooler is bolted to it .
Start of production thru 1425746 are Forged Rods
1425747 thru 1440712 are Powdered Rods
1446713 thru 1498318 are Forged Rods
1498319 thru final production run are all powdered
Or you can break them then you know what you have-Ha Ha-Just kidding
The reason for the break in serial numbers is a "test" run to be sure there were not any issues with the powdered rods. Once the process was production tested the powered rod process was used until the end of production.
With a 2002 you definitely have PMR rods. The majority say that 400 hp is the limit you want to go buy.
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