11 second street car?

stubnosebrock said

Wow, thats petty amazing. I never knew they were that brutish in stock form. Do these good bottom ends apply for the magnums too? It seems one could save a good amount of money by using the factory stuff if staying under 500 horse. With a good solid bottom end, you could build a pretty snotty engine with a good set of heads and cam.

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Yeah, they're pretty heay duty. But like crackedback said, they still need to be reconditioned with HP use in mind. Magnafluxing, good rod bolts, bushed for floating pins, shot peening if you so desire......so by the time all that is done, you could have probably gotten some better aftermarket rods. I say probably because machine work costs vary from place to place. If you can get it done cheaply, you can still save over new rods. But the new ones are still probably lighter. But plenty of super stock cars have run stock stuff and won.