Captain,
It's hard for me to understand the anger here. Dmellish asked for opinions on map rods and pistons here and the only half way germane answer was to tell him to call Marino. This is a good tip since a name is very helpful, but no one answered his question!
I don't think anybody tried to slam Map. I clearly stated in my original post that I have had no personal experience with them or their product. The posters at INOALIST have had experience with them and had some answers for Dmellish. One poster had a rod failure and was going back to Carillo. One poster felt that he didn't have enough information and had a bad experience on the phone. One poster fitted his rods, was not frustrated with it and had no complaints.
I did not re-read all the posts but did not see any slams of MAP in the ones I read. It seems to me both Map and Dmellis won here and this forum and the internet functioned as they should. It seems to me that it was a fair exchange of ideas. Dmellish learned that this is not a bolt on, where the interference occured, how much he needed to relieve, how much clearence he needed to leave for crank deflection. Map won because Dmellis has a better idea of the task involved and is less likely to be dissatisfied.
Seems that this is communication!
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