Tech: Connecting Rods
Competition Connecting Rods – Only the Strong Survive.
By Sam Logan: Nothing undermines the legitimacy of a connecting rod maker more than a deficient batch of rods. He agonizes constantly about heat treatments, high revs, heavy pistons, heavy pins, the number of race laps between rebuilds, but probably most of all...
Rod stretch and rod bolt fatigue: Beerhorst talks boosted engines
Written by Moore Good Ink: When the crankshaft pulls the connecting rod downward on the induction stroke of a naturally aspirated engine, a stretching load is exerted on the con rod because the piston area is so much greater than the column of air being drawn into the...