Extreme Performance Engines have developed steel rod Blown Alochol motors to perform at a level where all others have failed. While the rest of the performance industry believe only aluminium rods are to used in Blown Alcohol drag racing, we have proven this not to be true and use steel rods in all of our blower motors.
The benefits of using steel connecting rods is their superior strength and durability. Steel rods are not prone to fatigue like aluminium rods, that can fail at any time. This greatly reduces engine failures and engine maintenance and in turn provides added safety for the customer and reduced cost. We currently have over 220 quarter mile passes on Wayne Batson's 510 cubic inch Supercharged Outlaws motor without any refurbishment to the rods or bolts.
Ben Hoar's 70 Chevy Nova is powered by a AJ 481X motor with custom steel connecting rods and has run a PB of 6.61 at 218 mph. This motor stayed in the car for the entire 2015/2016 season without removing the oil pan. The same set of connecting rods were used for all of the licencing and testing, as well as the entire 2014/2015 race season without the rod bearings being inspected.
Steel connecting rods were used in our blown alcohol big block powered 57 Chevy at Ravenswood in 1993. At 3700+ lb in full street trim running 9.81 @ 148 mph. Same car with different steel rod motor 2011, 9.03 at 158 mph. Extreme's Lamborghini has steel rods in the 357 cube small block Chevy that revs to 9000 rpm with 30psi boost.
IRL Indy car motors used steel connecting rods that ran at a constant 11,000 rpm at the Indy 500. Two and a half hours at wide open throttle is a test for even the best engineered components. Some NHRA Pro Stock motors are using custom steel rods, similar to ours, that have over 200 passes with no failures.
WA Supercharged Outlaws state championships won with Extreme steel rod motors
David James (2004/2005) - Lamborghini
Wayne Batson (2010/2011) - HG Ute
Greg James (2014/2015) Lamborghini. Wayne Batson runner up - HG Ute.
Ben Hoar (2015/2016) - 70 Nova. David Biggs runner up - Dragster.
Greg James (2016/2017) - Lamborghini.
The benefits of using steel connecting rods is their superior strength and durability. Steel rods are not prone to fatigue like aluminium rods, that can fail at any time. This greatly reduces engine failures and engine maintenance and in turn provides added safety for the customer and reduced cost. We currently have over 220 quarter mile passes on Wayne Batson's 510 cubic inch Supercharged Outlaws motor without any refurbishment to the rods or bolts.
Ben Hoar's 70 Chevy Nova is powered by a AJ 481X motor with custom steel connecting rods and has run a PB of 6.61 at 218 mph. This motor stayed in the car for the entire 2015/2016 season without removing the oil pan. The same set of connecting rods were used for all of the licencing and testing, as well as the entire 2014/2015 race season without the rod bearings being inspected.
Steel connecting rods were used in our blown alcohol big block powered 57 Chevy at Ravenswood in 1993. At 3700+ lb in full street trim running 9.81 @ 148 mph. Same car with different steel rod motor 2011, 9.03 at 158 mph. Extreme's Lamborghini has steel rods in the 357 cube small block Chevy that revs to 9000 rpm with 30psi boost.
IRL Indy car motors used steel connecting rods that ran at a constant 11,000 rpm at the Indy 500. Two and a half hours at wide open throttle is a test for even the best engineered components. Some NHRA Pro Stock motors are using custom steel rods, similar to ours, that have over 200 passes with no failures.
WA Supercharged Outlaws state championships won with Extreme steel rod motors
David James (2004/2005) - Lamborghini
Wayne Batson (2010/2011) - HG Ute
Greg James (2014/2015) Lamborghini. Wayne Batson runner up - HG Ute.
Ben Hoar (2015/2016) - 70 Nova. David Biggs runner up - Dragster.
Greg James (2016/2017) - Lamborghini.
Peter Appleby (2021/2022) - LC Torana