LS Rod Swap.... How To
03-16-2005, 07:22 PM
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Re: LS Rod Swap.... How To
Originally Posted by nonvtec
I mean, Vitaras are not full floating on my stock Y7 rods, will they be on LS's? I'm assumnig no and I'll have to get them re-bushed, which I will. I know Ls's are 2 mm bigger.
05-18-2005, 10:05 AM
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Re: LS Rod Swap.... How To
Originally Posted by lavo81
how much did all this cost to get done? or what would it have cost?
Anyway, You can buy LS rods off HT for $100-150, you can get Vitara pistons from Tom (FJT) on HT for $130 shipped
Be prepared to have a loud *** engine, This setup sounds like a mild case of valve ticking, I got worried that something is wrong but Tom told me that all these setups do that. Pretty neat setop, I hope you know someone in a machine shop to make the bronze bushings.
07-05-2005, 01:14 PM
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Re: LS Rod Swap.... How To
Originally Posted by crx304
***YOU CANNOT USE/REUSE PISTONS THAT HAVE PINS THAT HAVE TO BE PRESSED IN***
Arias can machine the groove into your existing piston for use with circlips/spiralocs. $11/piston. Keep in mind, some pistons might not have enough "meat" after you cut the groove and shorten the wrist pin to suit - use your head.
Originally Posted by Xgenturbo
Be prepared to have a loud *** engine, This setup sounds like a mild case of valve ticking, I got worried that something is wrong but Tom told me that all these setups do that.
07-05-2005, 01:41 PM
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Re: LS Rod Swap.... How To
Onlinemetals.com has 1" 655 silicon bronze for $36/foot. How much was Crower slinging you for $60?
edit:
"Try MSC Direct or Travers Tool or J & L Industrial Supply. Not to mention
that I would be more inclined to use aluminium bronze (Ampco) than silicon
bronze."
"Yeh. If you're running LOTS of boost, use M-50 or 51 tool steel for the
bushings (hardened to about RC-60) and nitralloy with about a .025 thick
RC-70 (nitrided) case on it for the pins---
I PROMISE the rods would do an el-foldo before you ever hammered out the
bushings !! :-)
And, NO, that pairing is no more likely to gall than hard chrome on
Al-Bronze, it's an excellent bearing pair, commonly used in, um, 'extreme'
environments, such as pressure worms on injection molding machines---"
- Courtesy of Greg Hermann
edit:
"Try MSC Direct or Travers Tool or J & L Industrial Supply. Not to mention
that I would be more inclined to use aluminium bronze (Ampco) than silicon
bronze."
"Yeh. If you're running LOTS of boost, use M-50 or 51 tool steel for the
bushings (hardened to about RC-60) and nitralloy with about a .025 thick
RC-70 (nitrided) case on it for the pins---
I PROMISE the rods would do an el-foldo before you ever hammered out the
bushings !! :-)
And, NO, that pairing is no more likely to gall than hard chrome on
Al-Bronze, it's an excellent bearing pair, commonly used in, um, 'extreme'
environments, such as pressure worms on injection molding machines---"
- Courtesy of Greg Hermann
09-14-2005, 09:29 AM
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Re: LS Rod Swap.... How To
Originally Posted by crx304
now, when i ordered my acl bearings the LS and A6 were the same part #'s
I'm wondering if I wasn't given the wrong rods - oil hole on the PM6 bearings that weren't used didn't line up precisely. Might be some confusion on my end, just thought I'd update.
lol
