I talked to the owner Tom Molnar yesterday for a while, and this guy really knows his stuff! He and a few other people started Oliver about 30yrs ago and he designed all their stuff, then he went and started k1, and around five years ago he left and started Molnar. Really knowledgable guy to say the least...

 

Ya i knew K1 was a knock off of oliver which is also chinese

Odd he would leave to companies

Oliver is usa brand

 

If you talked to him you would know why. He's a real down to earth guy, and really not with all the corporate bs.... He told me a lot of stuff, like when companies start trying to make more money and compromise the product because of it, it just isn't his thing. Bottom line that's what the majority of companies will do, cut production costs and make more profit, which sacrifices product quality..... Tom told me they have never had or heard of a broken rod in the five years since he started Molnar rods, he also went into a brief explanation on why and how rods break. He has his own 2000 bolts, of his own design, made for Molnar by ARP. I'm gonna order a set of Molnar rods as soon as I get back home in a week or so.

 

It's fixing to be making 850-900. It's been around 750-800 depending on what jets we run. Turning it 7500-7600.

 

Pretty impressive!