Originally Posted by ron19
They cost $200. I don't think I can get a stock set re-conn'd for that price. I also like the H-beam style, a little heavy but strong. They claimed to be rated up to 600hp, though I'm thinking I wouldn't want to try it. Here's a similiar set on his ebay site:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SMALL...7233QQtcZphoto
Being a Procomp dealer, i can tell you that all the cheaper rods forgings come from China, including, Eagle,Hawk,Cat,ProComp, Crower, and the list goes on forever.
The difference is that most are heat treated and machined in the USA. ProComp rods are equal to most of them if you use the bolt upgrade, to ARP 2000 ot L19's.
All the cheaper crank forgings come from China also.
Eagle has a edge in my opinion because they machine the H beams, useing a 1/8" radius in the H beams making 2 passes, where the others use a larger milling cutter 1 pass.
Eagle also has in house heat treating and machining (i've been in their shop) and their machining capabilities has greatly improved over the last few yrs. Being a Machinest myseft for 50 yrs. i can see flaws that some people may not see.
With that said i have sold several sets of procomp rods for the street and have see no problems as of yet (4 yrs) i have a friend who builds lot's of engines from 350's to 632's also uses them but he switches out the bolts to ARP L19's or 2000's.
For the price you can't go wrong and they are a lot stronger and lighter than any rod GM ever put in a motor and they will stand up to 500HP as good as anyone elses will.
This is not an advertisment, because i donot advertise, nor do i have a website. Everything i sell i usually know the person who's buying it or is a friend of that person.
JMO
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