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I'm putting ARP rod bolts in my 79, 1500 midget. Searching for better prices than $100, for 8 bolts, I found that Summit sells them 1.5" or 1.75" long. I think Reading somewhere that it was suggested that one removes 3 threads off the end of the bolt. Not able to find that suggestion again, I am in hopes that someone here knows what to do. Also, these being hardended bolts, is there a best way to remove the threads?
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I've read nothing about removing threads on the rod bolts. It's the main bolts that you remove the threads from and you remove the threads from the block not the bolt.

I bought some rod bolts from an online dealer for around $50-60. If you have the bolt number, do a Google search and it should come up. Seems like nolimitmotorpsorts or something like that was the name. They did have to backorder them and it took a couple of weeks. Later I tried to order either the head studs or main bolts and the wanted to backorder me for 6 weeks!
 
Different application altogether, but maybe it will help. I used the ARP universal rod bolt 1.5" in 948/1098 applications, all I did was enlarge the chamfer on the rod caps. These are the same rod bolts used in may anftermarket connecting rods commonly used in racing.
 
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