Good reply tom, money can buy you the best but there is always a way to
break it.
Jon
> John,
>
> I have broken lots of rods at Bonneville, all stock rods except one,
> which was a Carrillo. In this case it was because of a spun bearing. I
> can say one think negative about the Carrillo. It made a bigger mess of
> things. I have only broken one rod on a dyno. It was a Bill Miller
> Aluminum. Unfortunately, my engine builder at the time was Terry
> Elledge, a NASCAR engine builder. Terry was accustom to working with
> Carrillo and other steel rods, he didn't give enough room for the rod to
> grow. The piston was hitting the head. Number one rod ended up against
> the wall of the dyno room when we reached for a 7700 RPM pull.
>
> I guess my message is that anything will break if you try hard enough!
>
> Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/GCC
>
> John Beckett wrote:
> > Yup, the only rod that ever broke on me at Bonneville was a Carillo.
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