grumpyvette Posted July 4, 2003 Share Posted July 4, 2003 rod bolts are one of the most highly stressed engine parts ARP is the most comonly available better quality bolts, YOU SHOULD have a MACHINE SHOP RESIZE the rods after swapping bolts to make sure they are correctly fitted and the rod does not get distorted durring the process,(SOMETHING THATS EASY TO DO BTW) http://www.arp-bolts.com/ http://www.arp-bolts.com/pages/products/pages/rodbolts/links/pro_sers.html http://www.arp-bolts.com/media/pdf_files/rod_chart.pdf BTW in most cases a set of AFTERMARKET rods ALREADY FITTED with ARP rod bolts may be CHEAPER than buying the BETTER QUALITY ROD BOLTS PLUS THE MACHINE WORK FOR BOTH MAG TESTING,POLLISHING,AND FITTING THE NEW ROD BOLT,RESIZING THE RODS, AND ARE FAR STRONGER ANYWAY EXAMPLE Scat H-Beam Rod Features: Forged from a multi-stage heat-treated 4340 steel two piece forging Each rod is X-ray tested, sonic tested, and magna-fluxed to insure quality All surfaces are shot peened to stress relieve material Precision sized and balanced right here in the USA on state-of-the-art equipment Silicon bronze bushings for floating piston wrist pins Precision alignment sleeves positively locate the rod cap 7/16" ARP 8740 cap screw rod bolts (190,000 psi) with 12 point heads Fully profiled rod for stroker engines and cam clearance Weight matched sets to ± 1 grams Horsepower rating: To 700 HP RPM Rating: to 8000 RPM http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33623&item=2421663291 those 7/16" rod bolts are far stronger than any 3/8" rod bolts you can fit to stock rods, and even properly preped stock rods are suspect of failure at 450-500hp, keep in mind stress is cumulative, just because the engine does not fail the first or the 500th time you spin the engine to 7000rpm DOES NOT MEAN THE ROD BOLTS WERE NOT OVER STRESSED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest cbrunberg Posted July 4, 2003 Share Posted July 4, 2003 Hey Spirt and Grumpy. Are there good ways to tell if you have a detonation problem? Reading your words make me think it's more than just ping and rattle. Espesially if you have a strip down car with loud exhaust. I know that new cars have a sensor conected to a computer but my unit is old school. Any thoughts Carl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest cbrunberg Posted July 4, 2003 Share Posted July 4, 2003 Thanks Spirit! Good food for thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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