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Originally Posted by WSSix
The rod and I believe main bearings on an LS1 are the same as an SBC. You can put the lifters into a roller L98/LT1/4 and that's about it that swaps or is the same.
Good build up you have going there.
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It is the style of manufacturing that I was referring to on the rods. Powdered Metal rods are made as 1 piece then the rod caps cracked so you can attach them on the motor. As they are cracked the rod caps must go on the same rod in the same direction as they came off. Traditional rods are made as 2 seperate pieces.
Several Lt1 guys around here were running up to 600rwhp on 355 builds with forged piston, factory crank and factory powdered metal rods with blowers when the LT1 scene was big. As one builder said they can handle the power just don't drop them on the floor.
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/51...scription.html has some more info on the manufacturing process.