[Fot] GT6 Connecting rods

[Spitfire Racing]

A properly built and modified race engine represents a mighty investment not
only of dollars but of time. Is that really where you want to pinch pennies?
After all, with the exception of pistons and crank that is one of the
primary components and all it takes is one piece inside an engine to reduce
all your work and investment to nothing more than scrap metal. One seized
valve, or substandard bolt even can be a disaster. It doesn't take much.
Realize all the ancillary invested expenditures that are also at risk like a
weekend's entry fee you lose in an engine failure; the cost of time off from
work to go to a race weekend; the cost of food and lodging for the race
outing and the cost of just getting there. When asked, I usually advise
folks to figure a race weekend is ~$1000 minimum when you roll all in.

A number of racers have run Pauter rods as stated before by Bill and these
do present a less expensive alternative. I had the opportunity to rebuild an
engine last year with Pauter rods and they were quite substantial and were
well designed, constructed and balanced. Personally I have seen far too many
Chinese knock-offs; reproductions (call them what you will), that fail to
come close to the parts they try to mimic. 
I suggest you perhaps delay your build until your war chest allows for top
quality internals. Do it once and do it right the first time and reduce the
potential for disappointing expensive disaster.

Russ Moore
Spitfire #49

-----Original Message-----
From: Fot [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Jamie
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2015 6:22 AM
To: McKearn McKearn
Cc: FOT list
Subject: Re: [Fot] GT6 Connecting rods

Although I was initially very wary, they have worked well for over 1,000
race miles in our (horror) MGB engine.

Jamie Palmer


> On Dec 8, 2015, at 11:52 PM, McKearn McKearn <mckearn2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Gents.
>    I am looking for feedback on the MaxSpeeding connecting rods for GT6.
Can't afford Carrillos and I'm hoping these are good. Also am still
searching for an aluminum flywheel without having something custom made. and
would like input on what type of clutch to use as well . Lets call it a race
car for the sake of argument....
>                                 Thanks.  P.J.
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