Thread: Connecting rod "Please Help"

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Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

hell no just a 454 and truck rod i seen them in many bbc s that is the better of the two 3/8 bolt rods as it has more metal in the fork end of the beam thats why there called thumb rods you can set your thumb in the bottom end of the beam. i used that rod most of the time for a mild build i seen engines with a 4 car rods open web down by the fork end and 4 thumb rods in the same engine

So they came in truck and Marine applications, so any truck that came w/ a gen 4 bbc would have them? I need to run over to my parts department and look in the catalog then! Why would you run 4 car rods and 4 trucks rods?