Originally posted by warmonger:
For Y2K:
When you crack a stock rod on a tuned motor, I'll look at the specs, THEN I may decide to buy forged. For now, I'll keep my 330 ft-lbs PROVEN rods in my car, turbo'd for two years now.
I should have been a bit more clear. I'm assuming he's going for more than 330FWHP/TQ. That's definitely nothing to snarl at, but it just seems that everyone is trying to top the next guy. Take Jim's car for example. He plans on having Jerry do some more tuning for high boost. He's already hit 410FWTQ, and I'd be damned if I were shooting for those kinda #'s and not putting forged internals(rods in this case) in my motor. I agree, for a fully tuned motor, not running crazy amounts of boost, he'd be fine with stock rods. But as has been said already, he's going to be paying ~$300-400 for stock rods, why not go the extra distance and go forged? Wouldn't you consider that like rebuilding your transmission and buying a stock diff? 
How many miles do you have on this motor now Tom?
Mark
2000 Black CSVT
3.0L Hybrid - 206fwhp & 195fwtq
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