<div dir="ltr"><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-77879b9c-7fff-f7c4-8d2f-36a423f59bf2"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Would there be any interest in “Maxpeedingrods” 4340 forged connecting rods for the small journal Spitfire engines? (1147 and 1296)</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">These forged rods from China have been available for the TR3/4, TR6, GT6 and large journal Spitfire engines for a number of years, but up to this point, they have not been available for the small journal engines.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">I have used them in many of our street engine builds, closely checking every rod before installation.  I usually find the rods are weight matched within 1 gram, the big ends measure in the middle of the tolerance range, and the small ends require just a slight hone for proper pin fit.  For street and budget racing builds, these are a great alternative to reworking stock rods.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">I’ve discussed having a run of these made with the people at Maxpeeding, I would need to order a minimum of 10 sets: If there is interest, I could move forward with this, then offer them for sale for $575/set plus shipping from Ohio.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">These will be made from forged 4340 steel, and are a H-beam design with 5/16” ARP 2000 bolts included.</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">If you are interested in a small journal version, please send me a message.</span></p><br><br></span></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Jason Sukey</div><div><span></span><span></span>JS Performance Motoring, LLC<br></div><div>440.984.7720</div><div><a href="mailto:jason@jsperformancemotoring.com" target="_blank">jason@jsperformancemotoring.com</a><br></div><div><a href="http://www.jspmparts.com" target="_blank">www.jspmparts.com</a></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/JSPerformanceMotoring/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/JSPerformanceMotoring/</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>