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Sep 10, 2008 | 02:28 PM

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superduty4x4

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Originally Posted by Ponyboychris

I guarantee that if you tear into the motor to "just install the forged rods", you'll look at all the other things that you want to beef up and before you know it, you have dumped big $$ on what was supposed to be a rod swap. Been down that road many times over the years with my gasser muscle cars.

"Well I've already got it apart... may as well replace the valves, springs, etc. etc. etc. while it's apart and save myself the trouble of having to tear the motor apart again later." How many times have we all told ourselves something along those lines?

Sep 10, 2008 | 02:30 PM

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John311t

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Hey now, don't go dissin the rods. For some people forged rods are fine, its the pistons that fail.....lol, these motors though are different though, they happen to 'just' be the lucky few.

Sep 10, 2008 | 02:56 PM

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Ponyboychris

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Originally Posted by superduty4x4

Exactly, I'm praying that my motor stays together so I won't have to worry about really hot roddn' the 7.3.

Sep 10, 2008 | 05:37 PM

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TP83

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just wondering did they switch back to forged rods in the 6.0s?

Sep 10, 2008 | 05:44 PM

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PowerstrokeJunkie

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No, they are powdered metal material, however reinforced where needed and beefed up to handle extra power. It's not the material necesarily thats junk, it's the way it was formed the same size as the forged rods.

Sep 11, 2008 | 04:24 PM

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derekmj64

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I just found this article pertaining to the PM rods
Powdered metal cracks the diesel market: P/M "cracked rods" move from automotive to heavy-duty applications - Manufacturing Technology | Automotive Industries | Find Articles at BNET

Sep 11, 2008 | 04:59 PM

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just another truck

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Originally Posted by strokin_it7.3

They just failed to connect the heads to the block.......

Sep 11, 2008 | 09:46 PM

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PowerstrokeJunkie

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Thats because they have over 44% less number of bolts holding the heads down!

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Sep 11, 2008 | 11:10 PM

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Tenn01PSD350

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Just inspect your rods via the inspection link. I have PMRs and a diode tranny. Oh well. Still running fine.

Sep 12, 2008 | 04:07 AM

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rkp

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dont care much about the PMR rods, never gonna see 400 HP. The dana 50 axel is just a real expensive!!!!!! dana 44{strenth wise} What can I do with my transmission?
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