AwesomeEngines® Checks Every connecting Rod we sell to the public is verified in our shop and in our engines with dyno testing to prove our engines are dead on before we send it out the door. We check the balance of all rods to be very close .5 or better, we than remove the rod cap from the brand new rod in a rod vice, clean all of the very little lube the manufacture uses, then apply a liberal amount of ARP Moly Lubricant on the threads and mating surface of the rod bolts. We use a torque angle Snap on Torque wrench to reach the required stretch on every rod with 25lbs and 50° angle usually around .0055 Stretch per rod bolt used, and then we recheck big ends of the rod and correct every rod we sell to perfection if we find it out .0002″ out on either end. Why? So you can install them with no worry of spinning a bearing or breaking a rod bolt and destroying your engine.
NO ONE ELSE DOES THIS FOR YOU AND THEY ARE THE REASON YOUR ENGINE SPUN THE BEARING OR BROKE THE ROD BOLT AND YOUR ENGINE IS NOW JUNK. EVERY ITEM SOLD IN RACING COMES WITH A WAIVER THAT EVERY LIABILITY IN RACING IS YOURS AND UNCONDITIONAL DAMAGE AS WELL AS DEATH IS ON YOU. EVERYONE CAN HIDE UNDER THE BANNER OF BRAND NEW AND THIS MEANS NOTHING IF BRAND NEW WAS NEVER DONE PER THE INSTRUCTIONS YOU GET WITH THE CONNECTING RODS. WORST YET SOME PEOPLE GIVE YOU NOTHING BUT NEW CONNECTING RODS AND LEAVE IT TO YOU TO DO WHAT YOU THINK IS BEST BECAUSE SOMEONE TOLD YOU YEARS AGO YOU DO NOT HAVE TO STRETCH A BOLT, JUST TORQUE IT TO 75LBS. THEY ARE ALL IDIOTS AND KNOW NOTHING ABOUT METAL AND CONCENTRIC ROUND HOLES YOU HAVE TO HAVE FOR THE ENGINE TO LIVE. EVERYONE CARES ABOUT FAST AND MAKING MONEY NOT KNOWING YOUR DREAM IS DESTROYED BECAUSE LACK OF MAKING SURE YOU KNOW WHY BRAND NEW PARTS FAIL ALL THE TIME AND EVERYONE HAS SEEN IT. EVEN PROFESSIONALS BLAME IT ON A BAD ROD BOLT AND THERE REALLY IS NO SUCH THING. SO WITH THAT SAID, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ABOUT NEW CONNECTING RODS AND CHEAPER ROTATOR. WE CHECK THEM EVERY DAY AND OUT OF 8 SETS OUT OF 10 AT THE LEAST HAVE TO HAVE A MINOR HONE TO BE DEAD ON, 1 OUT OF 10 HAS TO BE RECONDITIONED AND THE HOLES MADE ROUND SO YOU DO NOT CRASH AND BURN AT THE TOP END BECAUSE OIL GOT ON YOUR TIRES AND YOU DID NOT KNOW HOW TO STOP! BY THE WAY, DO YOU KNOW HOW NOT TO CRASH AND BURN IF THAT HAPPENS TO YOUR ENGINE? I KNOW OF A CUSTOMER THAT HAD HIS ENGINE REDONE AND CRASHED AND BURNED 1ST PASS OUT AFTER RUNNING ONE OF OUR ENGINES FOR YEARS, IT IS NOT FUNNY IF IT HAPPENS TO SOMEONE YOU KNOW? ESPECIALLY IF IT WAS YOU AND YOUR NOT HERE RIGHT NOW, JUST THINK ABOUT IF YOU WOULD DO THAT TO YOUR BEST FRIEND BECAUSE YOU JUST DID NOT THINK. RACING IS VERY DANGEROUS BUT RELIABLE IF YOU HAVE A PROFESSIONAL DOING THE SAME THING I JUST TOLD YOU. MOST PROFESSIONALS SHOULD CARE AND START SAYING SOMETHING. NEW JUST MEANS NEW NOT PERFECT!
AwesomeEngines® Rotator are available in Street, Bracket, Bullet and Magnum Series: Rotator can be in house balanced and corrected to perfection only if you requested and pay for it to be done. Why because no one checks to make sure the manufactures done it so you can duplicate it and all purchasing and using Hi-Performance Parts comes with a Liability Waiver say all responsibilities are yours no matter what is good or bad, its yours.
Street Series Rotating Assemblies are for street cars or marine applications. Crankshafts can be nodular or 4340, I-beam H Beam and even Aluminum rods, Cast Sealed Power, Diamond, Icon, JE, KB, Mahle, Manley, Speed Pro or Wiseco forged pistons we use. Hastings Stock cast or moly, JE or Total Seal Rings SS, Hell Fire, TNT or Tool Steel, ACL, Clevite – Mahle owned, King, HP series bearings when required on 4340 cranks.
Bracket Series are generally the most popular rotators requested with Callies Compstar, Eagle, EPW, Liberty, Ohio, using Eagle or Scat cranks as well as a few others, Eagle and Scat 4340 H Beam Rods with ARP-8740 7/16 Bolts, JE Mahle, and Wiseco Pro Series pistons, JE, Hastings, Total Seal rings and Clevite Mahle owned, King “H” racing bearings. These are used for many types of racing and are the best all around choice for bracket racing.
Bullet Series take it to the next level and is middle ground of all engines. Callies, K1, Manley, Molnar Ohio 4340 steel internally balanced Crankshafts, K1 Steel Billet, Manley or Molnar Forged Rods w/ARP2000 bolts, JE or Wiseco Pro Series Pistons, JE or Total Seal rings, ACL, Mahle-Clevite, King or Race bearings.
Magnum Series are the best available rotator with Cranks from Callies, or Crower, Callies, Crower or Oliver Steel Rods, Professional Series Diamond JE or Wiseco Quick 8, 16, conventional “Lil” Quick 16 SBC Naturally Aspirated and power adder engines.
