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Old 09-12-2013, 05:10 PM   #13
Ice88
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Originally Posted by rodhog View Post
I agree. What I meant to say is it's really the only time I see the use of different Con rods of length is when doing stroker kits or de stroke kits.
And using different pistons. I still think it's short cut to using the RIGHT Piston in the first place.
Oh Then yeah that's typically the only time.

In the FS engines case the stock rod + stroke mean that at 7400 rpm the engine literally starts to spin itself apart. So by using a longer rod we can increase the red line that the engine can safely spin too.

Using a longer rod improves the rod ratio which allows us to push the limits that the engine can spin to. Hence why I increased the length of my rods by 3mm, can now rev the engine to ~7800 rpm if i so choose.
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