Thread: Need some advice

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Actually Ed and us had the same discussion over dinner after a auction that John Lingerfelter(sp) was holding selling off 25 yrs of collected hot rod parts.We met Ed originally at a Indy Drag Racers auction 2 yrs before.It was John's operations and business that convinced me of the longer rod theory.At that time John's builds included 5.85 length rods with comparative dyno results.Hands down the 5.85 produced a great torque curve and a broader torque ban at a lower RPM.On the cheap-there was a method of using Buick rods that where 5.85.Currently John's company uses 6.0 rods.Now I know Ed Has been around forever,but John was and his company is the innovator on the cutting edge for a long time as well.From what I have seen from Linerfelter's(sp) and used in a drag race operation where E.T. gains where found with longer rods,well I am a believer.Well the other question is why then are stoker kits universally using 5.7 rods and not the shorter 400 rods??.Humm,must be something to that.

Oh yeah,God Rest John's soul.He was one of the good guys for sure.