I wasn;t critisizing anyone for building an engine using inexpensive parts. The Scat rods I recomended, vs the Pro-Comps, are between roughly $200-$275. The reason I don;t like Pro-Comp, which, I am sure is probably ok for the money, is for the reason I stated above. There great R&D department. :roll: . Thats all. I could offer to sell him some rods, but I didn;t. I just recomended something, based on what I know works, and holds up. I am with Ed, all of us engine guys, would love to build nothing but $30-$50,000+ engines all day long, but the reality is, we build a lot more of the regular guy stuff, and that means using less expensive parts, such as Eagle and Scat, and a few others. Certain stuff, I absolutely will not use, for more than one reason, whether it an ethical issue with a certain company, or, a quality issue. I have seen just about every part made, thats available these days, and, some, I wouldn;t use if you gave it to me. There is some stuff, I wouldn;t take a semi truck full of the stuff, if they gave it to me. I have taken sstuff out of the box, and busted out laughing, I mean, really laughing. The stuff was such a joke, it was rediculous. Needless to say, it went back. Valve train parts, for the most part, I stay as far away as possible from the stuff, if its cheap china knock offs, with few exceptions. Descriptions like, "needs good oil suply, and low spring pressures to survive" thats an EXACT description of a fairly well known, and heavily advertised rocker arm. Besides that, the Geomtry, just doesn;t work, no matter if you have the right length pushrod or not, the way it sweeps, is really messed up.
Frank
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Frank