318boy
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Wondering if anyone has any luck with Summit branded smallblock rods , or should I just go up to Scat I beam
That's good to know.Summit stuff is normally pretty good. They usually tap a major manufacturer for their products.
what's the price difference?
depends what you are building a little
Sucks that you can't just ask Summit who makes them. Well, I guess you can ask, but they usually won't tell you.
What are you building? I see your name here is 318boy so I am assuming a Teen? The stock rods will probably handle 350-400 horse.Wondering if anyone has any luck with Summit branded smallblock rods , or should I just go up to Scat I beam
How strong are you building for? If you use heavy rods your machine shop might have to add mallory metal to the crank to balance it. (expensive) Get some Performance I or H beam rods if you feel the need.The 68 truck block I have has a forged crank luckily but has the light rods , I do have an 89 truck roller cam truck block with hopefully the stronger rods but wonder if they are Worth resizing and balancing up with the KB 399 pistons
They always say, a set of ARP bolts and resizing both ends and you have almost paid for a set of performance rods. Keep us posted on your build .I think maybe I just bite the bullet and get the Scat I beams , would hate to end up spending more for stock parts to work than something fresh and lighter
That's good information, thanks for sharing thisI'd have no problem using any Summit named part.
Every Summit branded part I have purchased is a quality part.
And their forged crank doesn't look anything like one from Eagle. Way more meat on the journals....The photos of the summit small block I beam rods look identical to SCAT rods.
Their H beam rods appear similar to K1 rods.
Photos mean nothing, but I think I'd go with the brand name if possible. JMHO.
I have Scat I Beams in my stroker engine since 2010 hasn't blown up yet. Back when I built the engine I had a local performance engine shop measure and inspect all the rods and they were impressed. They said no resizing or anything was needed they were all spot on according to them.
I don't know those specially, but my guess would be they are scat or k1, or come from the same foundry as one of them. Alot of people don't realize most of the "name brand" stuff all comes from the same foundry, and just gets machined or boxed differently. For what it's worth, a stock rod is good for well over 400hp. I would throw some good rod bolts in stockers and let it roll.Perhaps @Johnny Mac knows?
I betcha he buys a lot of parts and may know who makes what
Summit owns Trick Flow right?This guy makes an interesting statement regarding summit parts
Who owns Trick Flow? – BioSidmartin
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