Is 'bad' in that pic?
Bill Miller aluminum rods
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I've already linked to this thread warning prospective buyers in his threads to stay clear. Imma keep doin it, too. If a few more of yall do the same thing, we'll get rid of this guy. He won't stick around if he can't sell.
I need to send you a PM but you've got your profile locked down. Can you send me one so I can respond?
My question is for all the guys saying the OP got screwed how many aluminum rids have you personally used?
If you’ve never used them you shouldn’t say jack ****.
I’d check the treads. If the treads are acceptable I’d knock the pins out, size them and send it.
A bunch of **** being said by guys who I suspect have never used them.
If you’ve never used them you shouldn’t say jack ****.
I’d check the treads. If the treads are acceptable I’d knock the pins out, size them and send it.
A bunch of **** being said by guys who I suspect have never used them.
4spdragtop
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Never used them, but I can say by the looks of them the seller is a thief, and the buyer thinks so too.
The **** being said ain't even close to the **** he sells.
Seller stated "good to go" right?
Maybe you should buy them if "that" is perfectly normal?
The **** being said ain't even close to the **** he sells.
Seller stated "good to go" right?
Maybe you should buy them if "that" is perfectly normal?
If I had a big block and I wanted aluminum rods I would buy them.
I can’t tell you how many aluminum rods Ive knocked the pins out of, resized the big and pin end and put them back in service.
Every heat cycle causes the big end (and to a smaller extent the pin end) to close up. If you watch the oil pressure you can see the hot idle oil pressure creeping up because the rod is shrinking and the clearance is getting tight.
On my engine I knew once the hot idle oil pressure was up over 5 pounds I needed to pull the rods and resize them.
Shockingly to some, most of the aluminum rod failures I have seen (NA) aren’t because the rod failed but because the rod got tight and the bearing grabbed the crank and rapped out the rod.
When I first started using aluminum rods (my first set was Childs and Albert) the minimum oil clearance they wanted was .0035! I was stunned but that’s where I set the clearance. Which meant that I had to run a minimum of a 50 grade oil, which I don’t care for.
It took a long time for the oil pressure to start going up. And the bearings always looked like ****.
I went through my first set at 225 runs. My next set I went in at .0028 and the bearings looked better, I could run a 40 grade oil in the spring and fall and I could see the oil pressure changing sooner.
By the time I switched back to gasoline from alcohol I was down to .0023-.0024 and I could run a full synthetic 30 grade oil. The bearings looked new when I pulled it down (which was every 50 runs or so to get a look at ****) and the rods went longer between resizing.
BTW, a heat cycle on an aluminum rod is basically a day at the track. Not how many runs. Unless you are talking blown alcohol then it’s a bit different. You start counting runs.
But NA it’s a day at the track, not every run. And on the street it’s the same. If you drive the car but shut it off several times during the day it’s still one heat cycle.
The heat cycle is from ambient to full temperature.
4spdragtop
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I didnt read your reply. Scumbag seller said "good to go" when asked. Clearly they aren't, and the illiterate clown is twisting it around on the buyer. Shameful and no "explaining" his way outta it.
Im not defending the guy.
He may be (and most likely is) a scumbag.
That doesn’t mean the rods are junk.
That’s my only point.
This isn't about having used aluminum rods before (I have) or knowing how to use them. This is about misrepresentation. End of story.
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