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I always see people posting about connecting rods from ebay but never hear of any one using them.
Check these out 140mm rods. http://www.ebay.com/itm/200944342855?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
Then there are these rods that look to have 3 wrist pin oil holes there 133mm. http://www.ebay.com/itm/400482650317?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

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I purchased 'spool' H beam con rods for my L28 from ebay in Australia. No issues with quality so far, rev to 7200 on track.

 

The only problem I had was I didn't realise the con rods were for 'floating' pins, not press in as per the factory setup. I had to get some extra machining done to my pistons to be able to fit retainers for the floating pin.

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I know someone who's brought a set of rods very similar to the ones in the first post.

 

Had a look at them yesterday and they do appear to be well made and finished, no burrs or sharp edges anywhere and the bolts do have ARP and a part number on them too......non of this means that they'll stand up to hard use though so only time will tell 

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Used crankshaft depot ones in my miata, so have tons of others. I've seen them take over 400whp in a 1.8l 4 cylinder without issue. They are fairly well balanced too.

 

Just make sure to get the measurements and double check they'll work. Sometimes the description in the title isn't 100% accurate.

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  • 2 weeks later...

The stock rods are already forged and adequate to my knowledge for any practical purposes with ARP bolts. That being said I don't know if even $300 is worth the risk. There is a lot of metallurgy/material science that goes into rods which can't be spotted from the surface.

 

Though if you're really dying for H-beam rods I suppose you could try. As 1vicissitude said, check or ask for dimensions. big and small end diameters, rod length, big and small end widths. I have heard sometimes the widths are not correct and have slop on the crank journal.

 

Good luck

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