I'm looking at rebuilding my 6.0 and make it a 370 well I have been reading and at of people say the crank should hold 1k hp I don't need that much at all. So my question is should I get the forged rods? I'm looking at scat or eagle. I'm also going with new pistons.

 

im in for some knowledge on this too. theres a motor i'd like to build for the future with forged internals.

 

You should be able to get away with the stock crank, stock late model rods, and some good pistons. There are obviously lots of guys that get along fine with stock everything. Im sure stock pistons could be fine, but the problem with stock pistons is when they let go, it is like a bomb going off. It will usually take out everything. If a good forged piston breaks down, you could often times get away with just a single piston.

With that said, I went with an Eagle crank, Callies Compstar rods, and Wiseco pistons.

 

I like the callies rods and weisco pistons. If you are going through the trouble of boring it and getting forged cylinders, dont skimp out on the rods.

 

I agree with this. I have the callies/wiseco set up and would go with it again.

 

If the crank snout is spinning a blower, I'd lower that number by a couple hundred or so.

 

Callies Compstar LSx Forged Connecting Rods 6.100" (stock length .927" pin)

pistons will be custom made by these guys
RaceTec & AutoTec Pistons specializes in custom pistons for Sprint Cars, Dirt Modified & Dirt

 

scatrods and weisco pistons is al u need the tock crank wll old up just fine

 

I absolutely hate when someone mentions "cheap insurance". If you buy all of the cheap insurance that's available, you "insure" that you're going to spend a whole lot of money. Believe it or not, even with all that insurance, your motor can still **** the bed. If you know that you'll never experience detonation, or maybe a bad tank of fuel, or maybe a fuel pump that gets weak, or maybe some dumb *** filling your tank with 87, etc. You get the picture. Stock crank, forged rods, and forged pistons. That's the ticket. Just keep the power level somewhere south of 1k

 

oh no im no where near want 1k i want at least 500hp im not looking for an all out track truck i just want something quick and fun to drive on street, idk if i would ever spin that high on the street to even tap 1k lol