Questions on whitch rods and pistons to use.

[snea]

I'm going to be building a 6 bolt engine for my 95 Tsi AWD but I don't know what to look for in pistons and rods. I have looked a little bit into pistons and rods from SBR and I found a set of pistons by the brand name of Mahle. I also thought that H-beam con rods were stronger than I-beam con rods, but over there they make that sound incorect.

Has anyone used Mahle pistons, and what are the better $300-$500 set of rods?

[Pimpin Dsmstyle]

http://www.dsmstyle.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=67

check out LSE. They could probably help you out.

[Pimpin Dsmstyle]

Really though, If you aren't going for over 400 whp or so, you'd be better off to use OEM parts and just run the stock block.

[rst95eclipse]

What are you're goals?

If under 400hp, go with 1g rods and 2g pistons.

If over 400hp, I'd go with Eagle rods, Ross/Wiseco pistons, Clevite bearings, and ARP hardware.

[TheLBUGAWD]

eagle rods suck balls. Crower for the win!

-Colin

[Shane@DBPerformance]

Yea, Eagle rods can only hold 900 or so whp.

snea, don't put all your faith into what you read on SBRs page. They sell a massive amount of parts, but they aren't exactly into real world testing like Buschur, AMS, RRE, etc. They focus more on finding more stuff they can sell.

[Super Bleeder!!]

eagle rods suck balls.
-Colin

really? maybe you should tell Shane and AMS that, i'm sure they'd appreciate the update.

[snea]

the thing is, is that I'm not sure how much power I want to end up with. I want to run around 300-350 daily, but want to end up higher than that. I don't want to have to build my short block twice. I want to have a near bullet proof rotating assembly, without spending bocu bucks.

[TheBlizzard]

If you ask anybody that has done build ups that support the horse power that they want to make at the time. Then later they always want to make more and end up re-doing shit to fit their needs. I am sure the concensus will be to do it one time and be done with it, then you can bolt on parts and go with it.

[dumb_ricer]

Eagle/Wiseco for you.