(02-08-2016, 11:04 AM)bashbarnard Wrote: If its any help a few xud boys run chinese rods without issues
I am tempted tbh.
(02-08-2016, 05:18 PM)welshpug Wrote: good rods are £600 up, mine are Farndon.Alls iv seen is £200 chinese and i priced cp the other day, uff! £1000. Pistons are 20mm pin with 12.2:1 maybe?? My engine builder says he maybe modify the original rods but he needs to see the piston and rod together, still waiting on pistons, hopefully here tomoz. Not heard of farndon, ill look now.
avoid pec and anything else made in the same factory with a different sticker.
what compression height and pin diameter are your pistons?
what compression ratio and valve clearance?
(03-08-2016, 05:47 PM)Rippthrough Wrote: Your trouble with the chinese rods is that you are the quality control, so long as you're happy checking bore sizes, ovality and tapers. Otherwise you're chancing that they came out spot on off the machine.
This is what im worried about. Dont want to be spending good money to only have a rod let go. We'll see! Haha!
(03-08-2016, 08:19 PM)Xsikid Wrote: I run pec rods on high boost sc 6 and they are just fine
Whats your peak rpm? Have you got a link for these?