What is this?

[Tom McQueen]

Here is a piece I havent seen before. Im betting there are a lot of board members who can guess what it is.

http://home.mindspring.com/~tmcqueen1/Photos/rod.JPG

To clarify, everyone knows its a rod. What motor was it destined for?

[Tom McQueen]

Here is a piece I havent seen before. Im betting there are a lot of board members who can guess what it is.

http://home.mindspring.com/~tmcqueen1/Photos/rod.JPG

To clarify, everyone knows its a rod. What motor was it destined for?

[Ryche400]

Let me take a stab at it.... Could it be for a Pontiac???

[Tom McQueen]

DOHLP!!!!! Do ya think? WHICH PONTIAC????

[Tim Corcoran]

Let me see, ummmm ahhhh a piston rod?

[76TA]

Would that be the legendary RA-V rod ? http://forums.performanceyears.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[02Hawk]

is it a donut mold?

[crossbreed455]

76ta beat me to it. it is a rav 5 raw forging.

mike m.

[Jack Ferris]

I agree. Looks like a RA5 blank forging. If you have 2 they make good book ends. http://forums.performanceyears.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[carbking]

Paint it green, and tell people it is out of a John Deere hammermill http://forums.performanceyears.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Jon.

[tom s]

it IS a RA V forging

[Tom Vaught]

It started out as a Ford Tunnel Port forging which Pontiac adapted to the Ram Air V engine. There were several different slight differences over
the run of rods, (weights, beam thickness, etc).

Unless you have 8 good rods (all of the same type)
it is a royal PIA to balance them.

Tom V.

[Ryche400]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Tom McQueen:
DOHLP!!!!! Do ya think? WHICH PONTIAC???? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
I know, I was just being a smart ass. BTW, I didnt know it was for a RAV rod. ..