Thread: 421 short block
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Old 05-04-2021, 10:27 AM
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The cast rods as was said are all basically the same.

The rubber rods were the Forged Rods that were made from inferior steel and not heat-treated and machined like the 421 SD forged Rods. Those were offered for a few years in the early 1960s. Wide Forging line on the side of the rod.

If you have a rod with a casting line on the side, like Mike Davis posted, then it is a cast rod and all the same basically for all engine applications.

Even the Forged Chinese rods, many times, are better than those forged "Rubber" rods.

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