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I don't know how a rod can be rated for HP. The biggest stress on a rod is when everything changes direction on the overlap stroke and the weak link in a rod is always the bolt. RPM and piston weight are the two major factors in what a rod can handle. Rating a rod per HP is marketing.

Yep.

new eagle,s with arp 2000 bolts ,around 500 bucks,scat,s with arp 2000,around 500 bucks.manleys with arp 2000,around 500 bucks.or buy new arp 2000 bolts for around 200 bucks plus 100 bucks to get the old rod,s rebuilt for a total of around 300 bucks and you still have used rods that you could of sold for around 200 bucks so you would now have 300 out of pocket for NEW rods with arp 2000 bolts,hhmmm let me think about this,lol.:confused:

So regarding selling the used ones for $200 let's use the same logic. $200 for Used rods about $200 for ARP 2000 bolts plus $100 for resizing = $500 or NEW rods with ARP 2000 bolts for around $500. Sounds like a hard sale.

but the dumb azz who buys them on ebay will be as happy as a pig in the mud because he just bought a set of eagle,s for 200 bucks.and he will run them in his street car as is for 10 years!

As a "non pro" but mechanical engineer I never understood it either....

I would resize or just buy the same rods you have. If you could stay away from rebalancing it will save you some money.

If I thought the rods were perfectly OK as the OP stated and the minimum stress point on the rods far exceeded my maximum output I would save the money for other items and just ARP and resize what I have. The great debate is always what to replace and where to conserve.

rebuild the OLD rods and you still have OLD,USED rods vs spending SAME amount and having NEW .yep,you win.do you think any eagle rod in a 900 hp marine endurance engine is going to last forever?some people will walk past a dollar to pick up a dime because it is shiny.to each their own.rods &rod bolts is not the place to conserve imo.