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[niterydr]

Originally posted by JET@Nov 12 2003, 12:40 AM
They are Eagle rods. I am going to have them resized and use them in my 2.4L. I have heard some bad things about the Eagles not being perfectly round. With the HP I plan on making I am almost tempted to sell the Eagles and get some Crowers.

Then if I am going to buy rods, then I could go with the longer rods and get the better rod ratio out of them, but then the wrist pin is in the bottom ring of the piston. I am still up in the air a little bit, but I am pretty sure I will just use the Eagles and new Wiseco's.
didn't know weisco made rods :).
For the dsm's there are three equally good options, light, heavy, and heavier (eagle, crower, and pauter). I think the eagle incorperate I beam, while the other two use H (or is it the other way around), I originally chose the eagles because they are lighter than the other two options and cheaper AND rotating mass is a bad thing. And to the best of my knowledge no-one has broken any of them due to shear power, maybe its best to stick with what you have.
What brand rod does marco use for his motors?
thanx for the shout out jet btw :).

[1ViciousGSX]

Originally posted by niterydr+Nov 12 2003, 12:23 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (niterydr @ Nov 12 2003, 12:23 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-JET@Nov 12 2003, 12:40 AM
They are Eagle rods.&nbsp; I am going to have them resized and use them in my 2.4L.&nbsp; I have heard some bad things about the Eagles not being perfectly round.&nbsp; With the HP I plan on making I am almost tempted to sell the Eagles and get some Crowers.

Then if I am going to buy rods, then I could go with the longer rods and get the better rod ratio out of them, but then the wrist pin is in the bottom ring of the piston.&nbsp; I am still up in the air a little bit, but I am pretty sure I will just use the Eagles and new Wiseco's.
didn't know weisco made rods :).
For the dsm's there are three equally good options, light, heavy, and heavier (eagle, crower, and pauter). I think the eagle incorperate I beam, while the other two use H (or is it the other way around), I originally chose the eagles because they are lighter than the other two options and cheaper AND rotating mass is a bad thing. And to the best of my knowledge no-one has broken any of them due to shear power, maybe its best to stick with what you have.
What brand rod does marco use for his motors?
thanx for the shout out jet btw :). [/b][/quote]
Pauter.
Marco lightens them on the stage 4 motors. That's what he's doing with mine, including the pistons and crank.

[santa]

Jet didnt one of your oil squirters brake off of your old motor? Just curious I heard that from a friend of mine.

[niterydr]

thanks vicious, I thought thats what he used, but I wasn't sure, and I hate giving false information (I talked to him about strokers along long time ago).

[JET]

I actually forgot to check the oil squirter, but I will take a look at it now that the rods are out of the way.

[Goat Blower]

Originally posted by JET@Nov 11 2003, 07:03 PM
I was pulling the rods out and noticed that Rick mixed up 2 of the rod caps! They are numbered and 2 of them were switched around!!
Yeah, that could be a bit of a problem. Even though they have some quality issues for not having the journals sized correctly, the cap and rod would be matched from the factory. An honest mistake, but one that shouldn't have happened. Have them resized and reuse them.