how many people with stage 1 cam and 11:1 piston are still running their stock rod?how long has it held up? have you blown your engine by not getting an aftermarket one?

 

I am running relatively close too the mods you speak of......with the stock rod. I speculate that people are loosing stock rods on the mild engines (such as mine) because of DETONATION...low octane fuel could be the culprit. I only have maybe 50 hours on my stock bore 10.75/1 je + stage 1 hotcam....so my thoughts are preliminary at best.

 

what do you mean detonation,is it because you didnt run a higher octane gas with your piston.

 

Mine failed!!!!!!!!!!!!![img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif[/img] The 11:1 JE piston should be able to handle pump gas!!! If I'm going to have to run Race gas why not just go to the 12:1? I don't think detonation caused my rod to fail!!!!! I think I just happened to get a bad rod from the factory!! Oh well, gotta get it running again!!!![img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img] If you have any doubts about the stock rod, don't use it!!!! XR

 

lets say that detonation was the problem,would you run the lowest octane of racefuel?

 

i want an icon like yours,thats just too cool

 

IF detonation was the problem I would mix Klotz Nitro in my 92-93 octane pump gas(thanks Toid!) or run 98 octane VP, but at $5.00 a gallon the VP gets expensive!!! That's why I went with the 11:1 piston though, so that I wouldn't have to run race gas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif[/img]

 

im running pretty close to the mods you are + alky+nos and my engine has never failed once but i can not keep clutchs in it

 

I think I would rather keep replacing clutches!!!!!!!!! This whole rebuild is putting a serious dent in my pocketbook!! But, as the saying goes "You wanna play, You gotta pay!!!!!"[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

I heard the 11:1 wont run right on pump gas because they usually have higher compression than 11:1