360 Talk

Brien,

I have posted many times about these.  They are a 5.885 length bushed for 
floating pins.  They are good for 8,00 rpm and 800 hp which is far more 
than a cast rod would go and even more than our stock forged 401 are good 
for.  These would be really nice to add to a 390 or 401 crank in a 360 
block.  I am working on a 360 stroker combination that will be somewhere 
in the 391-396 ci range. 

Now for the bad news, Scat screwed this project up royally and now after 
promising to make it right price wise, is going back on their word.  They 
were suppose to ship all of them at once but only sent a few sets at a 
time.  Originally there were going to be 4340 I-beam rods for pressed pins 
and be finished last June.  After months of delays, they then said they 
got H-beam cores by mistake but would honor the agreement.  After waiting 
even longer for them to finish the rods, they bushed every set instead of 
making them for pressed pins with only 10 sets bushed for floaters.  Since 
they finished them and sent out the first few sets , they decided they 
wanted to make up the money for their mistakes so they said they would not 
ship the rest until they renegotiated the price.  What does that mean to 
you?  Well, if you were one of the guys who prepaid me for sets, you got a 
screaming deal.  Those who bought them up to about a couple weeks ago, got 
them around the price you saw which was still a great deal on that rod set 
up.  The price now is upwards of $450 a set. 

Nick Alfano


From: "Brien Tourville" <hh7x@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 19:38:08 -0500
Subject: 360 Talk
Message-ID: <41F008A0.11168.22705BE@localhost>


I've read that there are now Forged H beam SCAT
connecting rods for the AMC360 now available:
best price I've seen is $375.00 for 8 .

What RPM do the stock rods give up at ?

What RPM do these SCAT rods go to ?

What RPM does the crank kiss the hood insulation?

Is a '78 360 block that much 'thinner' than say a '72 ?

Weight difference between a cast 360 crank and a 401 Forged ?

 Inquiring Minds >  thanks in Advance!