Subject: CHINESE TAKE OUT @ 30 Jan 2005 in hour 0:00 Date sent: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 00:05:43 -0800 The Good Chinese rods start in price at about $349.00 These would be comparable to thje SCAT pieces that some thought were too high at $379, then $399, then $450, And now I am told $650???? Scat as example sells a cheaper I beam rod as well. But they get so cheap that the low ball ones you can get for less than $200.00 a set, while the ''grading'' of the I beams goes up in about $269.00 Some other Import rods I have seen on Close Outs at $149.00 a set. ============================ What are you talking about ? Chinese ? - Those Figures your quoting are off eBay & Maddog Racing, from close out stock they are getting rid of - a function of lack of sale and cost to warehouse.......... not Chinese, from what I read - they were SCAT product. After I posted the low figure - which was up from $375.00 to $399.00, to the amc-list , somehow the price then jumped twice overnight - which leads me to believe that Gouging the AMC camp - a Real Phenomenon - sucks . SCAT has been around for decades - being first in building Air Cooled VW Hi-Perf engines - Dune Racers - which test a rods strength with crazy thermal cycling etc. - especially on their Turbo Engines - and having had a '64 Porsche, I'm familiar with those camps - and this is the First time I've heard their product compared to 'Chinese' oh Great Won-Ton One ! If rod failures were happening with SCAT products - I would have heard of it long ago from the Air Cooled Camp - and, I didn't . Pistons & Barrels and Heat were the problem. Chinese............ Pork Fried Rice . Brien. NEW YORK eagle registry #501 eagle kammback registry -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.1 - Release Date: 1/27/2005