318 connecting rods

Ti rods are a bigger PITA then they are worth. Ti isn’t a very good materiel for a connecting rod. In fact, before NHRA dictated connecting rod weight no one was using Ti. There was a guy making composite rods. Not only were they ultra light and mega strong, they didn’t need a rod bearing!

NHRA hates innovation so they killed that rod with a weight rule. I forget what year that was, but it had to be close to 20 years ago. Had NHRA not ruled them out of existence that technology would be drifting down to us mere mortals. How cool would it be to not run a rod bearing? Think of the weight you’d save just with that alone.