Engine failures that many racers blame on the connecting rods are often actually installation mistakes. When their characteristics are correctly understood, connecting rods can be one of the ...

Trust us, brittle connecting rods are the last thing you want in a performance engine. In the 60s and 70s, American Motors, Cadillac, Buick, and Pontiac all used cast rods in a wide variety of ...

Rod Ratio: The Math. To figure out an engine's rod ratio (aka rod-to-stroke ratio), divide connecting rod length (that is, the distance from the center of the big and small ends, aka center to ...

Is that knocking sound your engine is making just a case of low-octane fuel, or is it something more serious? The answer is ...

The 2022 Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing will have titanium connecting rods only on manual models, ... Titanium rods were fitted to the LF4 engine in the ATS-V with both six-speed manual and eight-speed ...

TOM: A thrown rod would explain everything. It would explain the explosive sound, which was the connecting rod bursting through your oil pan or the engine block. It would explain the oil, which ...

Garage 54 shows what happens when you remove the insert bearings from an engine’s connecting rods and crankshaft. After the engine fails, the folks at Garage 54 take it apart to show all the ...

TOM: A thrown rod would explain everything. It would explain the explosive sound, which was the connecting rod bursting through your oil pan or the engine block.