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PBM Rotating Assemblies

Hundreds of stroke and bore combinations are available, including custom assemblies.

Sunnen’s LBB-1660 Manual Hone

Sunnen’s LBB-1660 produces a round and straight honed bore, equal to or better than manufacturers’ new rods.

Oliver Racing Big Block Chevy Max-Plus Connecting Rods

These new rods are beefed up in all right places to tackle high-horsepower applications.

The Story of Callies Performance Products

We recently got access to go inside Callies Performance Products‘ Fostoria, OH facility and speak with owner Rick Norton and his son Heath Norton, up close and personal. What we got was the story of how Callies came to be a leading manufacturer of engine components, and where the company is going next.

Dream Engine Giveaway Ep. 4 – Bottom End Assembly

Now that Chris has checked all our specs, we begin to assemble the bottom end components of our small block Ford such as the rotating assembly, main and rod bearings and the camshaft. Next episode, we will be getting into our cylinder head assembly and more of the valvetrain components. Thanks to our Component PartnersWorld

MGP Billet Aluminum Rods Available Through Diamond

Popular rod applications in stock include small block and big block Chevy, as well as Gen II Chrysler Hemi.

Race Winning Brands Strengthens MGP Connecting Rods Team

As a leading manufacturer of performance components for the automotive and powersports markets, Race Winning Brands (RWB) is proud to announce a new member of its dedicated team to further support customers and racers with the addition of Ross Clark in a Technical Sales role, focused on the MGP Connecting Rods brand with supplementary support

K1 Technologies 7.3L Ford Godzilla Connecting Rods

K1’s engineering team has designed a proven H-Beam forging from 4340 chrome moly material that offers increased strength and durability through better-aligned grain flow.

Dyers Light Series Forged 6.00″ H-Beam Connecting Rods

Dyers Light Series Forged 6.00” H-Beam connecting rods are manufactured from 300M aircraft quality steel.

Oliver I-Beam Connecting Rods

All Oliver rods are precision-machined using only premium mill-certified aircraft quality E4340 chrome moly alloy, heat-treated to produce a 100% martensite grain structure.

CP-Carrillo Kawasaki Teryx KRX1000 Pistons and Rods

All piston kits include rings, wrist pins and locks, and all rods are supplied with CARR fasteners for maximum reliability and clamping force.

Worst Engine Carnage Ever? Part 2

Now that Steve has seen that his connecting rods effectively disintegrated, he tries to understand what might have happened. Steve breaks down the data from his run.