Quote Originally Posted by gassersrule_196 View Post
those are both pretty heavy for this motor, i would suggest we build some torque into this motor. i would suggest a 6 inch rod any year 302 pistons will work. they are full floaters when the times comes to get rods make sure you get "bushed" rods for full floating pistons. getting a new set of pushrods would be a good idea that are pretty cheap insurance. you can get new pistons from SRP and JE i believe i have trw's you can find those on ebay every now and then. let me go voer my notes and i will post tomorrow
Heck boy give it some real umph, Eagle makes a economical stock appearing rod
in 6.250 of course ya gotta use custom pistons but the rods,pistons & rings will only set ya back 12 to 15 hundred. Thats what we did on the 305 (actually 318)
sprint car motor and that things a horse.........