Tuning my DR750s on Chrome

[HilbillyHomeboy]

Shelf is .030 over for CP. Don't see why that would be of any concern, though.

Jeremy

[Chris@Rvengeperformance]

the crowler rods don't exactly float my boat either

[HilbillyHomeboy]

Worked like a champ for me. Went through 2 builds with no deformity. That build list is modeled directly from my recipe. Minus the Cometic HG's. Tried those, stock MLS is better. And the ARP studs I ditched for A1's.

Makes no difference to me; I have no horse in this race. I just saw the ad on FB, saw it was a deal, and passed it along.

Jeremy

[Chris@Rvengeperformance]

Worked like a champ for me. Went through 2 builds with no deformity. That build list is modeled directly from my recipe. Minus the Cometic HG's. Tried those, stock MLS is better. And the ARP studs I ditched for A1's.

Makes no difference to me; I have no horse in this race. I just saw the ad on FB, saw it was a deal, and passed it along.

Jeremy

no, don't get me wrong, it is a great deal and I appreciate the heads up a lot.

[Ray Pampena]

hey man got your PM and just read the whole thead.. sucks man sorry to hear it. let me know when you plan to take it apart so i can look closely with you or i can take it apart for you. its critical in knowing what went wrong.

ive seen tons of bent rods over the years.. and now with e85 popular i see many more bent rods. E85 is rough on the pins, rods bearings but not as rough on the piston itself. in your case, it may not be a bent rod because all of the bent rods ive seen have had no bearing failure. the noise comes from the piston pin boss hitting the crank. a bent rod happens in a more isolated incedent as where the bearing problems happen from a longer drawn out tune issue. ill PM you back

[AdamVR4]

I used to bend stock rods like noodles, back whenever I built and was drag racing SLT/SLTT some 12 years ago. But that was from Nitrous. Nitrous likes to bend rods. Never bent one off the bottle.

-Chris

Pretty sure you still had your red 1g vr4 12 years ago, haha... slt/tt was like 04/05 wasnt it?

[Chris@Rvengeperformance]

For those that have shipped an engine, what is the best company? I have some pallets or can build a crate, but need a good freight company that doesn't cost an arm and a leg.

[sergechronos]

For those that have shipped an engine, what is the best company? I have some pallets or can build a crate, but need a good freight company that doesn't cost an arm and a leg.

Never shipped a complete engine..I went with AAA Cooper. Was 110 for an engine block, and I think like 150 for a tranny and tcase.

[AdamVR4]

For those that Haverford shipped an engine, what is the best company? I have some pallets or can build a crate, but need a good freight company that doesn't cost an arm and a leg.

I think I used freightquote.com (rays rec)... tx to ny was a lot... like $350 (4 bolt 6g72 block + 6g74 crank on 24" x 24" pallet)

[HilbillyHomeboy]

Shipped transaxle via Fedex freight years ago. Simply palleted it, and used ratchet straps. No problems. Much cheaper if you have a commercial address to ship to also.

Jeremy