28 Aug 97 16:09, Puleeeeze Brer Clyde Labonte, Dooooon't trow Re: Mopar or 
Walk? in dat der Briar Patch!
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 -=>> Quoting Roy Witt to Jack Schwendener <=-
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 JS>> He insists that 327 Chevys had 5/16 rod bolts. They did not. They
 JS>> used the orphan 11/32 (although they had the same 1/2" hex as
 JS>> 5/16.")
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 RW>> You're full of crap, Jack.  I said 1967, 350 rods, had 5/16 rod
 RW>> bolts. Even if they were 11/32, you missed the whole point. You
 RW>> ASSumed I meant 327 rods, but I SAID 1967, 350 rods.  They were
 RW>> only made that year. 1968 they became 3/8 bolts...
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 CL> Sorry Roy, but I have never seen a small block rod with 5/16 Rod
 CL> bolts. Small jurnal rods I've seen all have 11/32 and large 3/8. If
 CL> anyone has an old manual you could look up the torgue. 5/16 should be
 CL> about 25 ft. lbs. max.  11/32 about 30 and 3/8 35-40.
For now, I'm conceding the 11/32 rod bolts to Jack.  Until I prove it to 
myself one way or the other, that is.
 RW>> This was never done. To my knowlege, there are no small journal
 RW>> 350's.
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 CL> But there was large journel 327's.
Yup, with 11/32 rod bolts...
... My toughest fight was with my first wife. - Ali
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