[Paul Kane]

Originally Posted by olddog

You did make an interesting point. If you put aluminum rods in a street engine that made little power and let grandma drive it nice and easy, they would last the life of the engine.

I did not say, "grandma," I did say, "street-driven performance engine."

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"In a hot street application, using the aluminum rod is a no brainer," BME President, Bill Miller, said in an interview with an automotive magazine. "I don't know how the myth that aluminum rods can't be used on the street got started, but I'll guess that, back in the 60s and early-70s, they weren't making them using the process we're using today. With the material we've got and they way we manufacture the connecting rods, they'll live a couple hundred thousand miles on the street because a street application is, for the most part, low load. Our basic Aluminum Rod is made for an 1000-hp, 10,000 rpm race engine. The design criteria for the connecting rod is way overkill for what it's going see on the street. We been running aluminum rods on the street for more than two decades."

~Bill Miller

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