Scott/List, The 390/401 rods are not done at this point and I can't give you projection on when they will be. Scat did not meet any of the dates they gave us on the smaller engine rods so I don't feel comfortable setting a time-frame for them. The completion of the 390/401 rods is also dependent on the sales of the rods available now. Thanks, Nick Alfano Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 18:33:15 -0500 From: cs_hard@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: THE FORGED RODS ARE DONE!!!! To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx Message-ID: <ADVANCES62A1XvpFVjC000000a4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Does this include the forged rods for 390/401 applications, or just the 343/360 rods? If not ow soon for the 401 rods? Thanks! Scott On November 7, 2004 Alfano,Nick wrote: > Bart and the rest of the list, > > Sorry, I forgot to add the price, they are $399.00/set. I know this is > about $100 more than I projected they would be back in the spring but > there is easily $300-400 more value in these rods than what was described > with the I-beam rod. The machining and bushings for the floaters costs > about $200 to do, a H-beam rod verses an I-beam is normally $200 more, the > polishing would cost another $100-150. The cheapest comparable rod Summit > sells is for a Chevy small block made by Eagle and costs $495. The same > Summit brand rod costs $499.00 for a SBC and Manley is about $600. So now > we can start to brag about building stronger and more powerful AMC engines > for less money than a dime a dozen Chevy. Hopefully these go well. Next > could be 390/401 rods and possibly new forged cranks. What is this world > coming to. The SFI flex plates and balancers should be ready soon as > well. > > Hope this helps > > Nick Alfano