I sucked an exhaust valve in Florence OR 2 weeks ago... So I am thinking about putting a high compression piston in it, along with a mild to moderate port and polish of the head... Never had the valves off before not sure what else I to do... Do I need to worry about making to much power for the stock rod??? What do you think??

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If it was me and i was allready gonna have it apart and spend the money on those upgrades I would get performance Rods to. it would suck if you have to tear into it again for a broken rod.

 

I totally agree with Six2notScaredofU.
One thing though, when you break a rod you usually don't have to tear into the motor again. You just unbolt the carb and pipe and toss the rest in the trash. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

I have the top end apart not the bottom end.. So the connecting rod is not easy to get at.. I want to do a couple of mods to improve performance and still keep reliability. I don't want to build it so much (686 hi comp piston, w/extreme head work, stage 2 cam and full exhaust) to break the stock connecting rod... If I go with closer to a stock size hi comp piston, w/ mild to moderate head work and stage 1 cam w/ slip on, the stock connecting rod should be OK??? I already have a stage 1 cam in with a slip on.... Maybe go with a larger size piston??? 673 or 686... What do you say??

 

I hate to admit this but i went for 3 years on a stock rod with a je 12.5:1 piston, megacycle cam,porting, fcr35's ect..... i dont think sparks even includes a rod in their 686 package! But if i were to do it all over again..... i wouldnt think twice!!!