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Originally Posted by Leiffi
Usually conrods stretch from high rpm, then bend. At 2000 hp at around 2700 rpm torque is about the same some racetrucks have at lower rpm, or some of our working trucks, they dont bend rods. Neither does those Sigma pumped Volvos.
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Well the distance between the main journals on a V engine is a lot more than on many inline engines so it will flex a lot more under hi load. So what this dos is it rotated the connecting rod out of alignment with the cylinder liner and bends it out sideways as well so what you end up with is a connecting rod that is twisted between big and small end and gets a funny S shape as well. Any 14l up to 15.6L V8 Scania running some decent power had this problem so if your not bending them you not part of the family and you need to gain some more on your performance level. Let me know if you need some connecting rod and yes we build them so you can rebuild your DC16 gen1 from a 127mm bore to a 130mm bore converting from 15.6L to 16.4L
