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Seams to be building the same way he built his HiPo 4.3 V6.
Still waiting for my apology Gary.

Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

no they make rods that fit the bill for your engine .can a engine with floaters be back by a 3 years unconditional warranty ?? how good of bushing who,s bushing over sea s stuff or a spec like amco bushing? this engine can be built for what you need . you just keep wanting to add race parts to a work engine NO value in it .you do not need the 7/16 bolt rods .floater or not will not come in to play with balancing . you keep wanting to use a race horse to pull a milk wagon . i built many engines. on race stuff it gets way harder then what you have on your plate now .many times we have to hand fit many of the parts .get rods made for the build . pushrods. pistons . how much counter weight we want on the crank . mill heads for the CC we want . on and on. i will stop on this and let you build your engine the way you want it,s not coming from McCarthy Performance i have no dog in this hunt

I totally agree there isn't a performance advantage in floater pins.The pistons are designed with a offset pin to limit cold forge piston slap.Changing that is something I don't think either of us can predict because of a wt change with press fit rods. What I want is the 7/16 ARP rod bolts out of this situation.Why??.Well I never wavered in the concept of this being a dual purpose engine.That some day in the future I might wake up and say the hell with my business,sell it off,and use apart of that to change up the total top haft of the build,wanting to know I covered anything I could throw at the bottom end having the Howards crank,7/16 ARP bolts/decent rods,and forged pistons.All which are more than I need.So the sticking part here is aside from another step,is having to give up the ARP 7/16 bolts.You said there is a upgrade in the bushings for the rods I planned for in Amco.Pat please explain more in the process to do that job.

Thanks,
Gary



Now until you have built a about $10,000 dollar 4.3 and ran it as I have and built WINING 9.90 cars over 20 yrs,I don't think a off topic post like this has any place in this thread.Honestly-not to add fire to your post,I reported to Bill this as harassment and asked him to correct it.I suggest IF you want to pursue a exchange in the thread that dealt with that I will gladly exchange posts to you.Enough said.OK???.

Originally Posted by Two8tyThree

Seams to be building the same way he built his HiPo 4.3 V6.
Still waiting for my apology Gary.

So as time and ideas go by,plans for builds on engines evolve.

The question of pins still left open.

We have gotten this to a torque curve of over 500lbs at 3500rpm.

That is something I want to keep.

Reminder of parts purchased and machine work done:

Icon reverse dome pistons which are a -18 and set up for 5.7 rods

Howards Track smart forged crank

Block machined and honed for the above with deck height 10 down.

The HP rating is at 4400 for 350 hp.

Here is what I want to revise.A 400ish HP rating at 5000 rpm.

Please lets look at that to see what we need to get there.

Thanks,

Gary