Rod ratio is simple to calculate: Take the length of the piston rod and divide by the length of the crankshaft stroke. Why or how would that make a difference in building an engine? Piston rod length ...
The other day I got into an esoteric conversation with Joe Sherman, Orange County's (California) leading purveyor of stealthy smallblocks. The discussion ended up on rod talk—as in rod angle, rod ...
Walking into a fly shop and perusing the available rods in the rod rack points towards a tremendous number of rods in the 9 foot-category. We are in trout country so it makes sense that the ...