Max RPM for da slant?

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Doctor Dodge (Doug Dutra)
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Post subject: Re: Max RPM before BOOM! (Mon Jul 16, 2001 11:06 pm) Reply with quote
(User Above) wrote:

: So whats the max you have wound a stock rod
: 225?
: Whats the max anyone has wound a 198 rod 225?


6500 RPM for a 6.7" rod
7000 RPM for the 7" rod combo.
Both were rebalanced.
I think the big advantage to the "long rod" engine is mostly from the lighter pistons and the thinner "low friction" ring set you get with this combo.
A light piston sure helps con rods live longer.
DD