New eagle rods or refurbish originals?

perfacar said

the stock mopar rod is very capable piece. its strong enough for most builds. if you change rods, then rebalance is required, adds to cost of job. original rods don't require rebalance. most resized rods are about $90 to resize and $60 for bolts. new rods @ $250 plus balance @ $250 = $500. hmmm must be new math??

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I agree 100% and I usually always recommend reusing the stock pieces. They are excellent. I tell you what. You show me where you can get a balance job done for 250. You haven't seen the price of Mallory metal lately, have you? 250 would probably barely cover the cost of the metal itself.

Get a load of this:

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/hrs-calchd1125/overview/

Balancing usually takes between 2 and 4 of those. lol

Makin reworked stock rods look better and better.

I just jumped on the bandwagon early because I knew what most would say. "Use aftermarket rods", so far be it for me to argue.

It doesn't matter which you use, Scat or Eagle. They are both imported chinkesium. I would rather have an older American rod in almost anything up to about 500 HP or so. Under that, I'd never worry about stock rods.

To me, there are better things to spend money on with a mild to moderate build.

But who the heck am I and what do I know? Nuthin, evidently. lol