[Fwd: re: interesting photo, bent connecting rod]

[auditude at cox.net]

Somehow I'd gotten unsubbed, so here is a post I tried to send.

Ken

> From: <auditude at cox.net>
> Date: 2003/02/07 Fri PM 01:01:26 EST
> To: quattro at audifans.com, mswanson at sonitrol.net
> Subject: re: interesting photo, bent connecting rod
>
> I thought everyone would have seen this at ECS:
>
> http://www.ecstuning.com/20020vrodpicpage.htm
>
> That is crazy.  I still think it might be caused from cross-firing, as opposed to high boost.  But I'm sure it's possible both ways.
>
> Ken
>
> Marc Swanson mswanson at sonitrol.net wrote:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2402385854&category=33616
>
> this guy is apparently selling the rods he didn't need to replace the
> grossly bent one in the picture.
>
> I've never actually seen a bent connecting rod before.. amazing how much
> that thing bent without completely _shattering_!
>