RE: THE FORGED RODS ARE DONE!!!!

["Mark Holmes" <mholmes1@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Nick
Have you sent my decals yet? They were the T-Stripe and some material for my
back bumper for my '73 AMX.
Thanks
All Good,
Mark Holmes

-----Original Message-----
From: Nick P Alfano [mailto:nick.alfano@xxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 9:22 AM
To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: THE FORGED RODS ARE DONE!!!!

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


Nick,how much will these rods be?this is awesome news especially for those 
of us that can't find or aford the holy grail of AMC V8's the 390-401 lol
Bart M.
73 Gremlin 360/T10 has forged 11 to 1 flattops,Hmm some forged rods would 
accent them nicely >:)