Who has had a rod bolt fail?
Who has had a rod bolt fail? What year car did you have? How high did you rev it? How long before the failure?
I've got a 2002 Z06 with stock rod bolts and I've currently got my rev limiter at 7100 but am consiering bumping it up to 7500...
Thanks!
I've got a 2002 Z06 with stock rod bolts and I've currently got my rev limiter at 7100 but am consiering bumping it up to 7500...
Thanks!
Thats pretty high for stock rod bolts, how will it hold together? depaends on your luck. Either way I don't think you can can much higher then 7200 with the stock pcm from what I've heard.
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I wouldnt recommend it, ive herd of several ls1 rodbolts letting go at 6900-7300, you do have the ls6 so its your call. just my .o2
Originally Posted by Cop Car
in 01 they revised the rod bolts
you should be fine at that RPM
you should be fine at that RPM
I've got a 2002 Z06
TEA stage 1.5 LS6 heads
FAST 90
LS2 TB
TSP MS4 camshaft (239/242 .651"/.609" 111 LSA)
Vortex ram air
TPIS 1 3/4" headers
Magnaflow x pipe
Borla Stinger exhaust
The reason that I ask is because I see lots of people saying that you should change out your rod bolts but I'm not sure I see any post 2000-2001 cars with issues with stock rod bolts.
TEA stage 1.5 LS6 heads
FAST 90
LS2 TB
TSP MS4 camshaft (239/242 .651"/.609" 111 LSA)
Vortex ram air
TPIS 1 3/4" headers
Magnaflow x pipe
Borla Stinger exhaust
The reason that I ask is because I see lots of people saying that you should change out your rod bolts but I'm not sure I see any post 2000-2001 cars with issues with stock rod bolts.
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Originally Posted by Mcduffys
Spinning a stock bottom end to 7500 is like playing russian roulette its only a matter of when.
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Holy hell 7,500RPM. I spun a rod bearing it was probably caused by the 98 oiling issue, the poor rods bolts or a mixture of both. I'd leave it at 7,200 even though you have a LS6.
Originally Posted by Andrew91GT
What year car did you have? How high did you rev it? How long before the failure?
I've got a 2002 Z06 with stock rod bolts and I've currently got my rev limiter at 7100 but am consiering bumping it up to 7500...
Thanks!
I've got a 2002 Z06 with stock rod bolts and I've currently got my rev limiter at 7100 but am consiering bumping it up to 7500...
Thanks!
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Where are you guys getting this info?? everybody says you should be able to do this and you cant do this.... and on and on. I havent heard one person say that they lost a motor due to overreving. Im sure people have but I would like to hear from them. that being said, I rev 7000rpm and Iam upgrading my 98 with arp2000's.
Originally Posted by GarrettT/A
Where are you guys getting this info?? everybody says you should be able to do this and you cant do this.... and on and on. I havent heard one person say that they lost a motor due to overreving. Im sure people have but I would like to hear from them. that being said, I rev 7000rpm and Iam upgrading my 98 with arp2000's.
Originally Posted by GarrettT/A
Where are you guys getting this info?? everybody says you should be able to do this and you cant do this.... and on and on. I havent heard one person say that they lost a motor due to overreving. Im sure people have but I would like to hear from them. that being said, I rev 7000rpm and Iam upgrading my 98 with arp2000's.
