ORIGINAL: Jerseyboy
The worst part for me is the wear is on the crankpin and not the conrod. The crank is supposed to be much harder than the brass in the rod.
Anyways this is not the first engine I have run in. I have quite a collection. I havent had any issues with any other mill.
Hence my assesment of the Vspec.
If you guys are blaming user, runin, afterrun oil etc
It is harder, but when brass gets hot it expands and becomes tight on the pin, and with no lube in there because of the extra hole, then sometings got to give.
Have you drilled holes in any other conrads?
I solely blame the first item on your list.