question about connnecting rods

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240_Frontier
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Does anyone know what conditions will bed or break the connecting rods and or pistons? I now Im about 7-9 over stock horsepower


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well...give it another 100 hp or so and you might want to upgrade or at least shot peen the rods..and pistons hmmm.....i dunnoi guess just wait for a tech lol...7-9 hp is not detrimental to any part of your engine tho i know that.

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you got a ways to go bro. Hit up the forced induction forum as they will likely have a ball park horse power you need to start gettin concerned.


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