MeanGreen97Z

http://www.jegs.com/p/Scat/940091/10002/-1

Check them out.... If they are better than the PM rods I might pick them up.

Connexion2005

Being forged they should be easily stronger than stock...

MeanGreen97Z

I'm thinking about getting them... Can't really beat the price.

1989TransAm

Yes they are a lot stronger than stock. Joe Sherman uses them in a lot of his engine builds.

MeanGreen97Z

Hmmmm....

firetird

i think flatlanderracing may even be cheaper.

Injuneer

Don't write off "PM" rods generically as being inferior to forged rods. The LT1 PM's are stronger than the GM forged "pinks". Howard is selling PM's for 850 HP applications.

rskrause

Stock rods are pretty decent. How many of you have ever seen a rod failure, with any type of rod?

Rich

MeanGreen97Z

I was just looking to upgrade due to nitrous. Wondering if these were a good filler.

quickSS

If it were my motor, and I had a good set of stock rods in it already, I would not put those rods in it. Those are the cheapest Scat rod you can get and they are light-duty. They might be almost as good as a stock LT1 PM rod, hard to say with difinitively.
Those would go good with a lighter piston though but I would not say they are better than stock LT1 rods.
Karl Ellwein

ScreamingChicken

i was wondering the same thing about stock rods. i'm debating on putting money into my block, and was gonna use stock rods with a forged piston. i'm gonna be throwing a 175 shot at it on occasion...

my stock 96 bottom end i fed it with the same 175 wet shot daily with no issues for years.

MachinistOne

The scat Pro-I beam 7/16" capscrew rod is a much nicer rod for only a little bit more $$

96capricemgr

The worst thing a bout reusing the stock rods is that you really should have them resized which is probably going to cost you $160+ where the rods MachinistOne recommended are under $300 so the savings involved in reconditioning the stock rods is not much. Especially if you go ahead and get bushed rods which saves you the cost of having the pistons pressed to the stock rods. In the end bet you save under $100.

marshall93z

Damn, that's cheap. Does SCAT make a cast rod, like the cheap Eagles? They would have to damn near be GIVING those away!

mdacton

I have seen alot. most all of them failed from bearing clearance IMO, she gets tight and grabs that rod.

If I was going nitrous I would keep a stock rod and spend money on a piston.