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Send me an email at [email protected] and I'll reply with his name and phone number. Super-nice guy to deal with.

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OK, I am the one who is going to say it.

The chinese knockoffs may be OK but you can't complain the next time you or a friend's job gets shipped to China or India.

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The Chinese make a lot of good stuff. Just not big block bottom end parts.

But hey we warned you, Enough said.....:drink:

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I have run Eagle crank and rods in a 540 with 10 71. Made 800HP on Nickerson's dyno with 7LBs of boost. They are still running today, nearly 5 years later.

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I have bought a few sets of those chinese rods as the cost is the same as setting up a nice stock set, But only for mild street engines. 500-600 hp. Would never dream of a set in a marine engine over 600. You have ask about the sence of saving $200 on rods of all things. Its less than the cost of a tank of gas. I would buy good American set and sleep well and if money is that tight, dont go boating 1 day and you back even with the good rods for 5 years or more. Jas

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We have a set of 6.550 oliver rods with ARP 2000 bolts in great condition. You can have them cheep. We went to 6.800 with the tall block. You will need custom pistons but pretty KB do them. Jas

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The chinese vs american rod debate comes up every time the subject of rods comes up. There are some people that don't care where something originates from as long as its as cheap as possible. I do not think that way but then again alot of my customers work for the auto factorys and I do not like to see manufacturing go overseas either. If you could buy a chinese built copy of a 200,000$ cigarette boat for 120,000$ would you? You don't see any pro enging builders putting eagle rods or the copys of eagle rods in any motors over 650hp,if your going to spend 15,000-20,000$ building a 850 plus hp blower motor spend a few hundred extra and get quality american made rods. If your pieceing something together on a shoe string budget and don't care where your money goes,give it to the chinese,its up to you,Smitty

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I replied to a couple of emails regarding the cranks and rods. I hope the information helps.

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100% agree....I spend it where i make it

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I have Callies cranks, Oliver rods and custom Lunati pistions in mine.