[Ptturbine]

The CRACKED CAP design is not new. It has been around for a few years now and the reasoning behind it is very simple. When a conn rod cap is drilled for the bolts and cut in half, the cap alignment goes off slightly( this is why all rod ends have to be honed to size). The benefit of the cracked cap is when the rod is snapped, the bumps and valleys of the crack will fit together only one way. When this configuration is torqued together, the pieces actually become one(in a matter of speaking) This makes the resulting assembly very strong. Hope that answers that question.