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Your Superleggera conrod was 600kW rated but I saw they are now 698kW rated. Why?

April 26, 2017conrod rated saw

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Your Superleggera conrod was 600kW rated but I saw they are now 698kW rated. Why?

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From 2008 all our #306200 Superleggera conrods are rated to 698kW because in 2007 we redesigned them to provide pressure fed oil to the gudgeon pins and, as a consequence, the beams of the conrods were widened. This increased the yield strength of the conrod by 12% approx, hence the increase.