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Postby TRD_ZERO » Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:03 pm

I dropped my rods and other stuff off at the engine reconditioners and i asked them to push my arp rodbolts in. They saythey have to resize the bigends because new bolts are going in. Are they just taking me for a ride and throwing extra charges on here or does this really need to be done?
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Postby 4agtepwr » Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:07 am

I always resize rods if I fit arp rod bolts to rods as the cap locates on the rod bolt and its the only way to make the tunnel round and true, It is also recomended in the instructions that come with ARP rod bolts/main studs.
So yeah your not being taken for a ride and it should defenently be done.
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Postby TRD_ZERO » Fri Sep 19, 2008 5:47 pm

NIce thanks for that ive just had a friend(auto machinest) tell me that its not neccesary. Ill get it done.
Thanks again.
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Postby bluemaumau » Sat Sep 20, 2008 1:11 pm

yup mine had to be resized also, apparently when pressing them in it distorts.

are you geting your stuff done a north shore engine reconditioners by any chance?
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Postby TRD_ZERO » Sat Sep 20, 2008 1:51 pm

Yeah i am how did you guess.........did they do your bottom end? What did it all cost you and what did they do?
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Postby escortman » Sat Sep 20, 2008 6:29 pm

bluemaumau went to same place as me HAL in henderson good guy there im sure if u search theyrs a thread with pricing it in
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Postby AE82 FXGT » Sun Sep 21, 2008 2:54 am

what exactly is the process for doing this?
Does it effect the bearings?
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Postby bluemaumau » Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:52 am

i got my bottom end done at HAL and my head at NSER.

my mate works there, was having drinks and scoped it all out. haha this a 4agte!
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Postby escortman » Sun Sep 21, 2008 12:13 pm

how far are u away from running ?
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Postby bluemaumau » Sun Sep 21, 2008 1:18 pm

me? just need to finish uni man, i actualy havent done anythign significant since june, gonna be a rush before christmas
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Postby evil_si » Sun Sep 21, 2008 1:50 pm

AE82 FXGT wrote:what exactly is the process for doing this?
Does it effect the bearings?


they machine or hone the big end of the conrod back to its original size or to suit the new bearings,
it doesnt effect the bearings if its resized, but can if not,

fitting new studs can distort the shape, making it not perfectly round, this can cause problems with bearings picking up,
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Postby TRD_ZERO » Sun Sep 21, 2008 2:09 pm

bluemaumau wrote:i got my bottom end done at HAL and my head at NSER.

my mate works there, was having drinks and scoped it all out. haha this a 4agte!


Oh so you saw all my gear there. Yeah the bottom end is goin to set me back quite abit in pocket.
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Postby bluemaumau » Sun Sep 21, 2008 4:28 pm

yea i scoped it all out

they well priced there, anything that involves machining is going to cost
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Postby MAGN1T » Sun Sep 21, 2008 6:54 pm

Personally I'd classify aftermarket rodbolts as another un nessecary aftermarket part.

But you didn't want to know that.

Do stock ones ever fail?


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Postby escortman » Sun Sep 21, 2008 8:28 pm

MAGN1T wrote:Personally I'd classify aftermarket rodbolts as another un nessecary aftermarket part.

But you didn't want to know that.

Do stock ones ever fail?


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if u like to be cheap with your builds thats cool
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Postby TRD_ZERO » Sun Sep 21, 2008 10:37 pm

escortman wrote:
MAGN1T wrote:Personally I'd classify aftermarket rodbolts as another un nessecary aftermarket part.

But you didn't want to know that.

Do stock ones ever fail?


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if u like to be cheap with your builds thats cool

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Postby Bazda » Sun Sep 21, 2008 10:44 pm

The bolt doesnt actually fail, but it causes more stretch therefore more likely to run a bearing.
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Postby 4agtepwr » Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:19 pm

Yeaop have seen them fail, and more than one
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Postby DRFTIN » Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:43 am

my engnie builder told me the same thing about my SR20 i just had built
ended up going for forged rods cos the cost of getting ARP bolts and having them fitted wasnt that much less
and from what we can tell the motor before it that exploded was caused by something in the rod bolt failing, either it broke or the nut came off its hard to tell after everything hit the crank a few times. so it can happen
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Postby matt dunn » Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:01 am

MAGN1T wrote:Personally I'd classify aftermarket rodbolts as another un nessecary aftermarket part.

But you didn't want to know that.

Do stock ones ever fail?


Steve


depends what you mean by fail,

They stretch and when you do them back up to the correct torque,
they come loose in use.

I have bought about 5 damaged engines now that has tossed rods within a few months of getting bearings replaced,
and pulled them down to find other conrod bolts loose,
and all dont by different people too.

But i dont see a problem with new genuine bolts,
which I fitted to my 1600 turbo 20V that i built.
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