[JantzenOKC]

So yesterday I called Gerald Brand to take my block and rods over to him now that I have this new engine tore down. Must have got a lot busier because he said it would be into January now before he could even look at it. So I called Mike Henson at Henson Racing Engines which was the other name on the list of two guys that Daddy Dave's shop recommended to me. Mike was a really cool guy and said he did have a lot of work backed up too and it's just that time of year everyone wants motors built. I explained to him that I need my rotating assembly balanced but that I have to get custom pistons made and that will take at least a couple weeks and that I need the block honed or at least know what it will hone to before I can even order the pistons. He was like well come on over and we can look at it. So went to his shop(next door to his house) and let him look at it. He measured my bores and told me what they will hone to and what diameter to make the pistons.

He also measured one of Jason's rods for me from center to center. Measured out to 6.003" which is right on from what Jason said. Stock rods are 152.4mm(6.000") and these rods are supposed to be 152.5mm which is like 6.0039". So they match up pretty well, they are longer by 3-4 thousandths of an inch. Basically the thickness of a sheet of notebook paper.

We also weighed the forged rod with bolts compared to the factory rod with bolts. Surprisingly they weren't that much heavier, only 6 grams difference. Mike was impressed that they didn't weigh more than they did, he said they were undercut quite a bit on the sides which is probably where they saved the weight. The less weight he has to add to the crankshaft counterweights the better.

Factory rod: 608.5 grams
H-beam rod: 614.5 grams