stock connecting rods. ...worth anything?

69redrunner · Oct 11, 2014

I'm tearing down a '69. 383 and am wondering if the used stock rods are worth anything in resale value. Is it worth the effort to press them out or are they scrap bin material?

Cranky · Oct 11, 2014

Are you going to get rid of the old pistons too and are they standard or oversize? If oversize, someone might need them along with the rods?

69redrunner · Oct 11, 2014

Standard pistons, Cranky. The pistons are junk. To the best of my knowledge the motor has never been apart before, so everything should be original specs and 1969 vintage.

Cranky · Oct 11, 2014

I've sold those rods in the past for around 5 bucks a piece but they came out of low mileage cars and were usually from passenger car engines....

69redrunner · Oct 11, 2014

Thanks for your input , cranky. Sounds like its not worth the effort. ....scrap it is.

texas69bee · Oct 12, 2014

The rods are of value. You can't find a replacement rod for a 383. Except for Eagle rods and those things are to darn heavy.

Cranky · Oct 12, 2014

Really don't like scraping the rods but the pistons are another story.....

moparsteve636 · Oct 12, 2014

I wouldn't scrap them A stock b-b rod is getting harder to find now! Some one may come along and need them!

Basket case · Oct 12, 2014

agreed, not everyone will go with aftermarket rods. I reused mine.

69redrunner · Oct 12, 2014

Ok. Thanks guys. They won't take up much room so I'll finish pressing them apart and keep an eye on the parts wanted section.

Cranky · Oct 12, 2014

Or place an ad. I generally tie wrap them together on both ends and use one of those if it fits it ships boxes from the post office and then tape the snot out of it so they can't break out and run for their lives

Some packing paper helps too....

cr8crshr · Oct 12, 2014

Keep them. They can be re-conditioned and re-sized along with replacing the rod bolts with ARP's. I have done this on my 383 builds and they are really stout pieces. Unless a total replacement is part of the re-build then re-use them and save the $$$ you will spend on totally new ones for other areas of the build. Just my 2 cents mind you, but never, ever throw any thing away until you are absolutely sure that you do not need them. And as mentioned above, some one out there might just need a full set for a resto...cr8crshr/Tuck

Cranky · Oct 12, 2014

cr8crshr said:
Keep them. They can be re-conditioned and re-sized along with replacing the rod bolts with ARP's. I have done this on my 383 builds and they are really stout pieces. Unless a total replacement is part of the re-build then re-use them and save the $$$ you will spend on totally new ones for other areas of the build. Just my 2 cents mind you, but never, ever throw any thing away until you are absolutely sure that you do not need them. And as mentioned above, some one out there might just need a full set for a resto...cr8crshr/Tuck

Yup, but here's the rub. Like redoing stock heads, you can usually go for new aftermarket stuff and be pretty close to where the old stuff will cost by the time it's been reconditioned.....unless you are able to do some of the work yourself. I'm a retired machinist and have a lot of the tools needed to at least do some of the checks myself so it costs me less to play around with the stock stuff. If you can confirm the sizes are good and they are straight, then you just saved yourself some money. Next check is for cracks and that's not that expensive. Also, you can usually swap out the bolts and the size won't be bothered contrary to popular believe that all rods need to be resized once new bolts are installed. I've done many stock rods and didn't have to resize them afterwards but you need to be able to confirm that to be sure.....

Meep-Meep · Oct 15, 2014

I'd try to pass them off to someone else rather than scrap - that is if you don't need them. Resizing rods might be about half what a set of new H beams go for, and for someone building on a budget, that is not chicken feed. H beams are better by far but a set of ARP bolts in a properly resized set of OEM rods is not a bad thing.

Roughbird72 · Oct 18, 2014

texas69bee said:
The rods are of value. You can't find a replacement rod for a 383. Except for Eagle rods and those things are to darn heavy.

Bingo!
also, someone looking to build a low budget stroker may want them if they don't have a lot of miles/cycles on them.

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