| There you go again with the assumptions...no where did I state that ARP 2000 was "good enough for me"...I stated that what the manufactures use/suggest when it comes to fasteners seems to be working fine. You seem to think otherwise because I guess you have some kick about using higher grade fasteners on everything. To a lot of ppl the moto holds true "if its not broke don't fix it" So far nothings broken due to the 2000 series bolts. Thats all I'm saying. You are quite wrong...but please feel free to base your consensus on your theoretical analysis with mathematical conclusions all you want. You speak about theory and mathematics yet you show no real world experience in dealing with this amount of HP....at least you don't mention it or partake in elaborating in your experience if any at all. Forget the fact that we are talking rod bolts. The thread was about RODS not rod bolts. Everything you sell you seem to have the "NEED" for ARP fasteners while the OEM components have worked for YEARS. Your reasoning for upgrading the hardware..pure preference to not only ensure your product but its your personal decision to use them. Just like its the manufactures decision to use whatever rod bolt they so deem fit to handle X amount of power that rod is capable of withstanding. To this day however, there has been NO documented engine that has made 1000+rwhp that has had a problem with ARP 2000 rod bolts. As a matter of fact Escort Racing uses aluminum rods which use (you guessed it) ARP 2000 rod bolts. I've seen the rods in person and handled them myself. They certainly don't need a higher tensile strength bolt that you seem to think is required. And to sum up about your "engineered" statement...they (manufactures) certainly take into account material/dimension/weight/tensile strength and so forth when they design a rod. There is absolutely NO assumption in what I've stated. I state what I've seen, experienced and dealt with...and honestly theres no engineer that can compare with that.
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