Potential issues for hot upcoming track day?

cossie1600

I don't doubt you one bit that the rod bearings might be soft, but I highly doubt it is as critical as you make it sound. More people suffered from fuel starvation/clutch,ps,brake fade than rod bearings failure. I am guessing 50 cars on this forum had gone to the track more than once, the failure rate is less than 5 cars?!? I will take that odd anytime.

threeseventy, mine might fail, but it hasn't after 2000+ miles on the track and 500 autocross runs. I will keep going back at it unless something proves otherwise. I have never hit things at the track either, but it doesn't mean I won't. I hope it doesn't happen, but you don't know.

You guys with modified cars/engines have different requirements than the guys with stock cars. What's to say the failure was caused by the rod bearing and not your mods or tunes. Track conditions are rough on the engines, but most modern cars are smart enough to prevent itself from blowing up.