Long rod 306??? 400 sbc crank and chevy rods.

[HotRoddin]

Originally posted by richd
You're looking for Speed Secret #5 posted by jim_howard_pdx

http://forums.mustangworks.com/showt...threadid=31035

Welcome back Jim. Who are you trying to kid ? You can spot your posts after one sentence.
From every thing i've read heard and seen, there are some atvantages to running a longer rod because of the extra dwell time at TDC, but there is a point of diminishing returns, and to say the longer the rod the better the motor is nuts. If a rod the length of my arm worked miracles, don't you think that building full of engineers at Ford GM BMW ect ect would have covered the highway with them by now ?
PS: I talked to the Ford expert awhile back, at one of the major piston / rod companies. One i won't name that has been around since the beginning of time. His answer when i asked him if this long rod thing was what it was built up to be was ... he chuckled and said well, it sells magazines. Then he told me, I'll put a set together for you but you'll likely be disappointed.