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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 03:17 PM
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Ouch, Bent Rod!!!

Was racing a Mustang the other night and I really bent a connecting rod. Check out the damage..............
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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 03:25 PM
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You probably need to get some bigger rods so it doesn't happen again.
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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by dodgediesel
Was racing a Mustang the other night and I really bent a connecting rod. Check out the damage..............

I see one of your kids left his action figure on your workbench
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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 06:30 PM
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did you get any damage on the cylinder walls? looks like one of your studs mighta gotten into the cylinder..
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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 08:42 PM
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Yea, I had that happen, I don’t mess with those stangs anymore.
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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 10:04 PM
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Looks like someone has been playin with the Honey I Shrunk The Kids machine again....
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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 12:04 AM
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I think it's a joke, fellas...
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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 08:09 AM
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That took some serious power or heat to bend that.. Whats that off of?
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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 08:43 AM
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Hahaha. Isn't that crazy though. I would love to see the size of that engine block it came out of!!
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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 10:45 AM
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Paint it, give it some pinky-in-the-air name like "The Collapse of the Industrial Revolution" and sell it to some snooty company to put in their entry as "art". I've seen less interesting stuff at the Smithsonian Museum of Modern Art.
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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 10:49 AM
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How true ^^^^^

Looks like it came off a press machine
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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 05:59 PM
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How true ^^^^^

Looks like it came off a press machine
Nope. My guess it is the crosshead and connecting rod from a LARGE marine diesel.

Look at the pictures.

http://people.bath.ac.uk/ccsshb/12cyl/
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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 06:56 PM
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From: anderson commiefornia oh ya you can keep the "change"
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Maximum power: 108,920 hp at 102 rpm
Maximum torque: 5,608,312 lb/ft at 102rpm

if i had that in my truck i would have the hotest rig on the bord
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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by bigbaddiesel416
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Maximum power: 108,920 hp at 102 rpm
Maximum torque: 5,608,312 lb/ft at 102rpm

if i had that in my truck i would have the hotest rig on the bord
Yeah, but that engine is almost three stories tall, so how would see to drive it?
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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 09:21 PM
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WOOOAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
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