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Roar 12-28-1999 11:07 AM

One of the biggest trouble as I see it is when the crank starts to flex to much and everything comes appart. But I have always wonder how much HP can you take out of an engine before you have to worry about that.
Lets say you use eagles rods with 2 bolts main caps.Je pistons and balance and blueprint that mother as the best you can do.
And get a real good balancer. What will be the safe limit that you can take this engine to.
Another thing how can you prevent it from happening, or in other words where do you try to make the block stronger. And what about valve train flexing to

Roar 12-28-1999 11:07 AM

One of the biggest trouble as I see it is when the crank starts to flex to much and everything comes appart. But I have always wonder how much HP can you take out of an engine before you have to worry about that.
Lets say you use eagles rods with 2 bolts main caps.Je pistons and balance and blueprint that mother as the best you can do.
And get a real good balancer. What will be the safe limit that you can take this engine to.
Another thing how can you prevent it from happening, or in other words where do you try to make the block stronger. And what about valve train flexing to

Roar 12-28-1999 11:42 AM

Sorry I put it where it belongs. On the engine topic.


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