Re: GM Forged Rods on Turned 401 Cranks

[lynn peterson <kustomkemps@xxxxxxxxx>]

If you want a reply from me you can send your $10 and
SASE like everyoue else.

Lynn

--- Nick P Alfano <nick.alfano@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Lynn, or who ever you are,
> 
> Before you start taking a tone and spouting your
> mouth off about who has a 
> clue or not, you should step back, compose yourself
> and be sure you 
> understand what you had read.  Nobody was stating
> anything offensive 
> towards you other than to say these are not
> inexpensive engine builds you 
> are talking about like the person who was originally
> asking the question 
> was concerned about.  If you read something else
> into what I said, that is 
> not my problem.   The whole point was how to save
> money and build a strong 
> engine that will perform well not you can take this
> Chevy rod that costs 
> $20 less and build an AMC engine while avoiding all
> the added costs to use 
> that Chevy rod in your AMC engine.  You save nothing
> when it comes to high 
> performance parts whether it be for Chevy or AMC. 
> Using a 6" Chevy rod is 
> a great idea for a whole host of different
> combinations that many of use 
> have done in the past but it is not the least
> expensive.  It was also not 
> stated to try and get people to buy the Scat rods
> because I have a vested 
> interest in them.  I could care less if you do.  As
> of right now, I don't 
> have any obligation to pay for any other sets beyond
> what I already 
> received and all of them have already been spoken
> for.  If you are tired 
> of giving away your secrets as you stated (which I
> don't recall you 
> posting so much of your ever so valuable information
> that no one else 
> knows but you), than just delete the post and keep
> you hands quite.  If 
> you were just having a bad day or misread the post,
> then no problem, just 
> say so and we will move on.  Acting like you are the
> sole AMC guru while 
> insulting others won't fly with me or most on this
> list that have been 
> around long enough to know better.
> 
> Sorry if this has wasted others on the list time. 
> If this comes of a bit 
> harsh, it was not meant to be anything other than
> responding to someone 
> challenging my knowledge and falsely accusing me of
> having a hidden 
> agenda.  AMC does not make or break my life.  In
> fact, it would be much 
> easier on me to not be involved beyond my own
> personal use.  Guess I am 
> just a glutton for punishment.
> 
> Nick Alfano
> 
> 
> Message-ID:
> <20050130202856.7847.qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 12:28:56 -0800 (PST)
> From: lynn peterson <kustomkemps@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: GM Forged Rods on Turned 401 Cranks
> To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> You can't get down on me because you haven't got a
> clue. Everyone knows you have a vested interest in
> your rods and pistons, so goodie for you. Actually,
> it
> was nice of you to take your time to get some AMC
> parts made, but I can do just as well or better for
> the same or less money. How about a a 410 CID engine
> that uses 5.85" long 2.1" journal Scat rods ($350),
> 455 forged Pontiac pistons, .060 over (4.21" bore,
> which is only .045" over the stock bore.) with a
> 1.497
> CH ($307). The crank is not offset ground, but is
> ground dowm to the SBC journal size. Not only do you
> get a lighter reciprocating mass, but there are
> better
> rod bearings available for the SBC rods than we can
> get for our AMC's. By the way, anyone who does not
> think the rotatiing mass of a 390/401 is a problem,
> just look at the Donahue NASCAR effort, and you will
> see they could not run the factory rods and crank,
> which was not competitive, and broke in any event.
> With all the oiling mods and machine work, this
> setup,
> in short block form, costs ~$1600 to build. If you
> read my post you will see it was ONE OF MANY
> EXAMPLES.
> Yes, it did cost $8,000 to build this particular
> engine, but it was a 10 hour road race DRY SUMPED
> enduro motor. We could have saved nearly $2,000 if
> we
> had not had to totally re- engineer the dry sump
> setup
> ourselves, which cost extra machine shop time.
> However, I have now tired of explaining myself and
> giving my information away for free. Therefore,
> ANYONE
> who might like information on how to build stroker
> motors, oiling systems, ect. send a SASE envelope
> along with a $10 postal money order to:
> 
> Lynn Peterson c/o
> Kustom Kemps
> 6122 SW 36th Ave. 
> Portland, Or. 97221
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 



		
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