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Jim Brierley · 03-11-2016, 10:26 AM

What Bob says is true, however Babbitt will withstand a lot of loading, especially the mains. I have run a Bonneville lakester at 153 mph on a full-Babbitt B engine, B rods and all. With the same block, crank and Babbitt on the mains I have run 167, all still looks good. Replaced the rods a few years ago, before I started running the turbo.

03-11-2016, 10:26 AM	#2
Jim Brierley Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Temecula, CA Posts: 4,321	Re: Compression Trivia What Bob says is true, however Babbitt will withstand a lot of loading, especially the mains. I have run a Bonneville lakester at 153 mph on a full-Babbitt B engine, B rods and all. With the same block, crank and Babbitt on the mains I have run 167, all still looks good. Replaced the rods a few years ago, before I started running the turbo.