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Are these stock rod bolts on my 401?

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    Posted: Nov/08/2018 at 3:23am
I was working on my 401 and noticed the rods are 12 point nuts and I seen a a youtube video of another AMC engine being torn down and it had standard 6 point nuts on the rod bolts... So I was wondering if these were stock or anything speciale (they have F A stamped on the head also) and another question if anyone can confirm these are the factory forged rods by looking at them, I'd appreciate it.
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Yes.....factory original on 390 and 401.  290/304/343/360 had 6 point fasteners (nuts)
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Originally posted by 401MATCOUPE 401MATCOUPE wrote:

Yes.....factory original on 390 and 401.  290/304/343/360 had 6 point fasteners (nuts)

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Originally posted by JolleyGreenSST JolleyGreenSST wrote:

I was working on my 401 and noticed the rods are 12 point nuts and I seen a a youtube video of another AMC engine being torn down and it had standard 6 point nuts on the rod bolts... So I was wondering if these were stock or anything speciale (they have F A stamped on the head also) and another question if anyone can confirm these are the factory forged rods by looking at them, I'd appreciate it.
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Sorry to bust your bubble, but they are stock rods, bolts, and nuts. Here's a photo of a stock 401 I bought last year that came out of a 63,000 mile International pickup and you can see it too has those 12-pt. nuts.



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All 390 and 401 engines had forged crank and rods from the factory.  Those are factory rods.

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Originally posted by JolleyGreenSST JolleyGreenSST wrote:

I was working on my 401 and noticed the rods are 12 point nuts and I seen a a youtube video of another AMC engine being torn down and it had standard 6 point nuts on the rod bolts... So I was wondering if these were stock or anything speciale (they have F A stamped on the head also) and another question if anyone can confirm these are the factory forged rods by looking at them, I'd appreciate it.
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Sorry to bust your bubble, but they are stock rods, bolts, and nuts. Here's a photo of a stock 401 I bought last year that came out of a 63,000 mile International pickup and you can see it too has those 12-pt. nuts.



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Originally posted by tufcj tufcj wrote:

All 390 and 401 engines had forged crank and rods from the factory.  Those are factory rods.

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Thank you everyone for the replies I was aware already that all the 390 and 4 ones were Factory forged rods and crank, but because this engine has been rebuilt at least once if not more in the past I was wondering if anyone might have changed parts. But thank you all for confirming that it is original equipment. On a side note does anyone know if goes bolts are reusable or if it's recommended that I replaced them?
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50 year old bolts that have already been through at least one rebuild.  Put in ARP bolts and have the big ends resized.  Cheap insurance, and a small fraction of the cost of a rebuild.

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Just installing a set of ARP bolts and having them resized will now cost you over $200. I can sell you brand new Molnar rods for $575 a set shipped. Little bit of a price difference, but if your going to spend money on 50 year old stock rods you might as well just put that money toward a new set. 

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Originally posted by tufcj tufcj wrote:

50 year old bolts that have already been through at least one rebuild.  Put in ARP bolts and have the big ends resized.  Cheap insurance, and a small fraction of the cost of a rebuild.

Bob
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I don't think I'm going to build it to a crazy high power level... probably going to keep it close to stock, I have a performer intake and maybe a small cam with the stock hi flow manifolds... I need to save some funds for the suspension and interior. If I could afford to go full out I would but I have a tight budget for this kinda stuff.
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