340 Vs 360
Good morning, first cup of coffee going down!
A Ritter block is about 4k. And you know what? So is the equivalent SBC or Ford block. You can buy the lower grade blocks from Dart and such but to compare that block to a Ritter requires one to compare apples to apples. The day of the 2k SBC are over and 4k (or damned close to it) is what a quality SBC or Ford block costs.
Thanks for the cost info and the rest seems to fall into place of what you say …. “cheap MoPar guys…..” 4K is an expense I can not justify right now in my head to fully take advantage of, if such a block.
The purpose of the rods is RPM. Isn’t that what we are discussing?
I get that, yup. Discussing? The whole topic is 340 vs 360. In reality, the whole thread is a mental masturbation. As far as con rods by it’s self, I only asked you a single question on it.
You can buy a QUALITY connecting rod for under 500 bucks. Less than that if you shop around. I bet I can find a good 4340 H beam rod with 7/16 cap screws for 300 dollars. You can’t rebuild a set of stock rods for that, and they will STILL be 1018 steel with 3/8 bolts and nuts.
How far would you take that interns of HP?
You can easily get a crank for under 1k that will take all the abuse you can give an NA engine. I beat the living **** out of stock cranks at 8500 and never broke one. And I was magnafluxing my stuff at least once a year. I also ran aluminum rods and didn’t use a rubber band damper.
I wonder if 273 read that?
Chrysler shaft rockers have a huge weak spot and there isn’t much you can do about it. And that’s the 5 3/8 mounting bolts. The Chevy guys get EIGHT 7/16 bolts to secure the rockers. That’s a big deal when you get to 9k and above. Those 5 bolts move around like a wet noodle.
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The excuse is that it takes exotic or high end parts to make RPM worth doing just isn’t true, unless you are married to OE parts.
And there it is! Let’s move away from the OEM parts! Get into a real power potential part. Now the average guy is saying, “Wait! What is this costing me?!?!”
For you, just you, what parts make high end and what parts make exotic? When does exotic become common place?
If that’s the case then what are we discussing? Are we talking about making horsepower or just mentally masturbating about things some of us don’t have any experience in?
In risk of repeating….
The whole thread is a mental masturbation of which is better,
340 vs 360.
It’s inevitable that such discussions turn into race building threads examining and exploiting and nit picking and splitting hairs on every last item as well as the theoretical and extreme.
Most here haven’t turned a crank past 6800. But will comment anyway. In short, basically speaking, the whole thread is a pile of bullshit. Why? Because 99% of anyone reading this will never go there and those that did, well, great for them.
Truly, how many people will this thread help?
The thread should be retitled,
“340 vs 360, an exercise in mental masturbation!”