[Fot] Connecting rod question

[vfracing at aol.com]

Walter;
I asked the same question a few years ago for my TR4A.  I was advised BY FOT that if I went with MaxSpeeding I should have a machine shop do a thorough check and re-machining as necessary.  That work would more or less cancel out any of the initial savings. There i also the question of the small end bushing. Carillo uses an alloy that is much more robust than the stock bushing.  Not sure about MaxSpeeding.  So, considering how much I put into the rest of the engine, the cost difference was minimal.  So for a full race engine I went Carillo.  Carillo = peace of mind. 
For a street engine MaxSpeeding are likely equal or better than stock, although i recall that the width of the MaxSpeeding big ends was not as wide as the stock rods - very similar to Carillo in that case.
Hope this helps.
Phil Gott#114 TR4A


-----Original Message-----
From: Walt Hollowell via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
To: 'fot' <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wed, Jan 25, 2023 2:47 pm
Subject: [Fot] Connecting rod question

<!--#yiv4760231531 filtered {}#yiv4760231531 filtered {}#yiv4760231531 p.yiv4760231531MsoNormal, #yiv4760231531 li.yiv4760231531MsoNormal, #yiv4760231531 div.yiv4760231531MsoNormal {margin:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;}#yiv4760231531 span.yiv4760231531EmailStyle17 {font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;color:windowtext;}#yiv4760231531 .yiv4760231531MsoChpDefault {font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;}#yiv4760231531 filtered {}#yiv4760231531 div.yiv4760231531WordSection1 {}-->
I have built a few full race engines for my TR6 using MaxSpeeding connecting rods with acceptable results. For my next build I am considering Carrillo rods which run about $650 more than the MaxSpeeding rods. 

Do and FOT members feel that the Carrillo rods are worth the extra bucks or should I be happy with the MaxSpeeding considering the affordability?

Thanks,

Walter Hollowell

Albuquerque, New Mexico


|  | Virus-free.www.avg.com |

 _______________________________________________
fot at autox.team.net

http://www.fot-racing.com

Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
Archive: http://autox.team.net/archive http://www.team.net/pipermail/fot
Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/vfracing@aol.com


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://autox.team.net/pipermail/fot/attachments/20230125/b5b78241/attachment.htm>