Re: Scat Rods

This sort of screw up is very common in the Aftermarket business. Al;l 
these things happen usually because of poor comunications along the way. 
I personally have been in deals such as this too. It happens.

This is 100% precisely why I will NEVER, EVER, presell a thing on a 
''new product'' level.I would have though the ''TUCKER'' would have 
cured pre-sales, but I guess not. At one time I would have presold new 
parts, but not after I see what usually happens.What I have seen is that 
deals go sour, and the ''hype'' preceding the parts arrival, does 
nothing except make folks look bad. Looks like no one knows what they 
are doing. Looks can be decieving. I am involved with a total of 3 such 
new parts deals right now that are ''screwed up'' .On first blush 
everything looks great. Then someplace along the way, someone does not 
do as they have said they will do. So far, all the cases I have ever 
seen the problems come from the Manufacturer. The Manufacturer seems to 
be the culpret in 99% of the problems. They make deals they do not keep. 
They do not pay attention to details. This is also why I don't like 
talking up a new product, or when it will be available. Everytime 
without fail it leads to disappointments.

My personal feelings on the bushing of the rods to begin with is that it 
was totally uncalled for. Every single rod a person ever gets will need 
the piston pin fitted to it, Press fit, or floating, makes no 
difference.So why even worry with offering a ''limited product'' with 
the option. If a person wants, needs bushed rods, he can certainly get 
it done. In fact, even though the rods are bushed, Guess What?? You 
still have to pin fit them no matter.  My next personal opinion on the 
rods was, Why a stock .930 pin?? This is not very smart for ''everyone'' 
again on a limited production piece. To me it makes a lot more sense to 
offer the rods for a .927 Chevy pin size. This way the racer has a lot 
more super lightweight pins available. The Street guy that wants to use 
stock .930 pin can still do so, as like I said before, the rod still has 
to be pin fitted for propper fit. Every .930 pin is not the exact same 
size. Had these rods been thought out a little better then this .930 pin 
deal, nor the ''all bushed'' deal would hasve come up. Just imagine the 
ease the Manufacvturer would have to just program in the same identicle 
pin size he already uses for the majority of rods it makes, One LESS 
thing to screw up on. Sometimes you have to think, ''How can I make this 
Easier for the manufacturer and make my new product more versitile?" 
Also, why make the rods 5.885 when the stock AMC length is 5.875, why 
did we need another .010 longer than stock rod??

As to how much power or RPM they will take, it all depends on how the 
rods are treated. You can break good parts by stupidly trying to over 
rev an engine . When you pass the RPM it makes power at, the engine 
becomes unloaded and the strain on rods goes up geometricly. Thew forces 
cube out.The higher the RPM past the power point, the more the engine 
unloads. If you could run it high enough, it would unload to the point 
of being just like having the car in Neutral with your foot buried in 
the throttle. If you think anyone builds a rod that will turn 8,000 RPM 
in an unloaded condition and live, you need to do a lot more research 
that you have done. Folks also need to learn that the RPM ranges given 
by Cam and Intake manufacturers are a General range when installed on 
engines from 290 up to 401 inches. The bigger the engine, the sooner the 
Cams & Intakes stop building power. The smaller the engine, the higher 
RPM the parts stop working.Just because a cam says it makes power to 
7000 does not mean it does on your engine with your combination of 
parts. And pushing the wrong combo to the 7000 RPM level damages parts. 
Sometimes sooner, sometimes later, but everytime you over rev the 
engine, another portion of life has been taken from the part.

 So, When are the real 390,/401 Scat rods going to make the scene?? Or 
has this screw up prevented forward progress on those?? Is that project 
dead??

Regards,

Randy Guynn