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If you want some good advice call a good motor builder (that's seen and rebuilt grenaded motors) like Dustin @ Outlaw Motorsports. He wouldn't claim the stock rods were safe for anything over 15 lbs. Suprised me but he knows a heck of alot more about these motors than I do.
What is your intake charge temp compared to the competion? Do you have a guage?How many have actually seen an Apex throw a stock conrod while running proper fuel, HEAD SHIM, proper set up, etc, no NOS, no water meth ?
I've only heard of guys running stock compression and one RX using nitrous.
I'm going to keep pushing my motor, sure the RB3 timing control and super cold intake charge helps too. Maybe I'll be sorry.
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It's not the rod bolts that get loose, it's the rod bearing that gets smashed, then the rod starts slapping, then it stretches the rod bolt, which loosens the nut, then failure... catastrophic failure.Depends on how much octane your willing to run. If you willing to run c16 I would run up to 20 psi on stock rods and pistons on occasion. 110 octane I wouldn't run more then 17-18. Detonation is what throws rods through blocks, not the lack of strength of the rods or pistons. It's actually the rod bolts letting loose most the time.
What is your intake charge temp compared to the competion? Do you have a guage?
Put band new motor in with carrilo rods & 10:1 GE pistons ran same fuel; didnt know any better; ran 20 lbs boost on pulls.