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Originally Posted by FRS Justin
I m sure you do ok doing what you do but your definitely no front runner.
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I'm sure I'll regret chiming in, but here goes nothing... justin, you've had some informative and thoughtful posts and threads on this forum. And this thread was not much of an exception as your intentions are to be helpful and disperse some here-say and false or rumored perceptions regarding the FA20 and the dynamics of tuning on this platform.
However, you're becoming a bit defensive in your own thread and reaching to call out a member who has done more research and testing of his "theories" and put them to test at the track than most others on this forum. While I understand where you're coming from, don't forget who you're posting about and perhaps stay a bit more on track. Not many here have more experience dissecting the fa20, fabricating parts, conducting on street and on track testing, along with collecting empirical data that you can actually reproduce. Some of these replies inherently qualify your own assertions with contradicting examples on either end of the inconsistent spectrum of blown motors. If there were provided dyno sheets, diagrams of failed and or upgraded components, any videos, etc, we may have all been more reserved and less forthcoming with arguments on this thread.
We've all seen the same forum threads about blown motors you have, including this inconclusive and summarizing generalization of a thread, so I'm not sure what any of this proved...
What part of needing to upgrade bottom end components for any motor to sustain increased stress in a reliable fashion is news without talking hard facts and numbers? I'm still genuinely curious what characteristics of this motors connecting rods, in your experience, make it more of a liability and which replacements are you suggesting for which applications?