Reworked stock rods

[kino_fab]

Is there any place besides Haisley and Pure Diesel Power that sells Heat treated, shot peened, polished and balanced Rods?

 

[SPEAKSUP]

Woodruff Industrial Injection and Wide Open Performance. They do the Cryo instead of the heat treat though.

 

[Cetane_addict]

They do the Cryo instead of the heat treat though.

Is there any advantage to either?

 

[tryblue]

my local machine shop does all ours.

 

[XLR8R]

Depending on the rod, heat treat is part of cryo ... polishing is a waste with shot-peening (shot destroys the shiny surface, while grinding destroys the compacted shell).

Balancing (and overbalancing), ovalized big ends (depends on rod used), radiused caps, etc. should be de rigueur.

 

[Blueboy]

Good luck on getting call back from woodruff on their rods.
I called numerous times last winter, left messages.
I never heard from them.

 

[kino_fab]

Just trying to get prices right now. I would like to have polished rods to help with the oil shedding and windage. With the high competition in the pulling word right now, a few horses can mean the difference between winning and loosing in some cases, yet I don't want to sacrafice strength for added insurance agianst windowing a block.

 

[DIESEL_POWER]

We do. Lighten, radius, polish and ballance are parts of the process.

 

[kino_fab]

how much Diesel Power?

 

[j-rod]

Depending on the rod, heat treat is part of cryo ... polishing is a waste with shot-peening (shot destroys the shiny surface, while grinding destroys the compacted shell).

Yes and no.

 

[SPEAKSUP]

Is there any advantage to either?

I have heard Cryo is better and yes it's a sort of heat treat depending on who does it. You can cryo everything pretty much also.

 

[XLR8R]

Yes and no.

Metallurgically speaking, it's Yes^2

Windage concerns are more efficiently addressed with oleophobic coatings.

 

[j-rod]

Metallurgically speaking, it's Yes^2

So you don't think there's a reason to remove the ridge along the length of the rod?

 

[RJM06590]

Can you lightly polish after peening or is it more beneficial to coat them? I plan to coat them either way just wondering.

 

[XLR8R]

So you don't think there's a reason to remove the ridge along the length of the rod?

That isn't polishing...
Semantics <sigh>


Best practice is remove stress risers, peen & coat.

 

[kino_fab]

Who would you recommend to do all of those processes XLR8R?