Need some opinions on rods
05-16-2006, 10:25 PM
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Need some opinions on rods Im in the process of gathering parts for a S/C build. Im gonna run some Mahle dished pistons that should put me about 9.5 to 1 CR. Ive been looking at the Scat forged I beam rods(because their fairly cheap) I will go with a ARP 2000 bolt instead of the 8740's for added strength. Am I pissing in the wind with these rods? Will they support 600+ RWHP?
05-16-2006, 10:59 PM
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The Scat is a Chinese made rod. Some people have had good luck with them but I prefer to buy American made products so I use the Lunati Pro Mod rods that I know will support over 600 hp.
I thought Scat was made in USA. Im not completely sold on the Scat's, im still looking. I want a quality rod at a decent price.
05-17-2006, 03:37 PM
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Dustin, I'd look at the Callies Compstar rods or the new Eagle LS1 specific rods. Both are on-center and would work well for your application. The Callies rods come with ARP 2000 bolts standard and it's an upgrade for the Eagles.
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we use the Callies Compstar rods, got them in a 800+rwhp turbo vette, a 700+rwhp nitrous fed vette, many other applications. we use these in almost all of our engine builds.
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I've seen several turbo mustangs with SCAT & Eagle H-beam rods in the 1000-1200 rwhp range with standard ARP bolts 7/16" - both run in the $350-400 range.
If you want full piece of mind, spend another $120 on L-19 bolts and should be good to 1200-1400hp
If you want full piece of mind, spend another $120 on L-19 bolts and should be good to 1200-1400hp
05-24-2006, 08:36 AM
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Well, I decided to go with some Eagle H-beam rods with the ARP 2000 upgrade, I got them at a good price, and feel they will be stronger than the Scats.
Tahnks for the help.
Tahnks for the help.
