What rods & pistons ?
08-07-2005, 07:15 PM
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What rods & pistons ?
I'm finally boosted. I pulled a 13.6@ 100mph (need more traction). I'm running a stock LS with a T25 at 10psi in a 93' hatch. I'm wondering if anyone knows a good rod and piston combo for more boost and how much boost will they take. Anyone have a certain preference of manufactures?
08-07-2005, 07:29 PM
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Re: What rods & pistons ?
i just got my tuner toys rods...220 or somewhere near there...compared to the stock rods they are ------- huge... probably the best deal i've found so far. Still looking for pistons though
08-10-2005, 02:11 PM
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Re: What rods & pistons ?
tuner toys rods are very nice for the price and yes, they come with the arp 2000 7/16 bolts i believe, just like eagles, also, yeah, i believe you have to notch d series blocks for them. in my opinion wiseco pistons are the best out of all the major brands, and they're one of the cheapest.
08-10-2005, 02:19 PM
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Re: What rods & pistons ?
Originally Posted by projekteg
tuner toys rods are very nice for the price and yes, they come with the arp 2000 7/16 bolts i believe, just like eagles, also, yeah, i believe you have to notch d series blocks for them. in my opinion wiseco pistons are the best out of all the major brands, and they're one of the cheapest.
08-10-2005, 03:33 PM
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Re: What rods & pistons ?
Originally Posted by projekteg
they come with the arp 2000 7/16 bolts i believe, just like eagles,
then how come on the tuner toys web site it says they come with arp 9mm 8740 rod bolts? now granted they are better then stock LS 8mm bolts but they arent the 3/8" arp pro 2000 bolts that the eagles have.
stock LS/D series = 8mm, vtec = 9mm, tunertoys = 9mm 8740, ARP LS bolts = 8mm 8740, arp vtec 9mm arp 2k eagle anything bolts = 3/8" arp 2k bolts
ok so the 3/8" bolts are roughly .5mm larger in diameter than the 9mm bolts and the difference in strength is roughly 30k psi tensile strength (arp 2k's are stronger by about 20% AND .5mm larger)
what it boils down to though is that the rod bolts are still WAY stronger than stock LS rod bolts just slightly smaller and slightly weaker than the pro's.
