Rods and pistons
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Rods and pistons Trying to buy a fox body to stick my 6.0 in, if the guy ever gets back to me. Anyway, I want to build a turbo set up, something around 700 to 750 RWHP. My 6.0 is a 2000, 141,000 mile eng. I'm going with 317 heads. If I could locate a good set of 05 up rods and pistons, floating pins, would they be good to start out with? This is assuming my cyl's ck out and are not out of spec. Haven't pulled the eng apart yet but it ran out great with no oil consumption. This isn't a high dollar build, just something to have some fun with. I've heard of some on here changing 2 or 3 pistons and rods. I would have the assy balanced. A good set of rods and pistons will hit me for $1100 or so and I've heard what's in mine now are on the weak side.
We have quite a few options available. For your setup as far as rods go we would ether recommend the Scat H beams or Callies H beams. Both are very good quality pieces. With the Callies they come standard with the ARP PRO2000 rod bolt. The Scat has the standard ARP 8740 material.
Yes, you will need to get your assembly balanced. And in doing so, you would likely want to look at the Clevite P series Rod Bearings and P series Main Bearings as they are quite a bit more durable than the stock rod and main bearings. The H series is normally only for aftermarket cranks.
Then as far as pistons and rings go, we normally recommend Mahle. You can get nearly and CR and a very high quality piston without breaking the bank. The file fit rings come with the piston set, as well as the pins and locks. The pistons are double coated and have a very good design on their skirt coating. There are quite a few diff part numbers for those, so let us know your target CR and possible overbore size and we can work that up. After that, you would have a very sturdy foundation to build from.
But if you wanted to go back with the stock Hyper-E pistons, we also carry a wide variety of the Speed Pro pistons in the 6.0. They have a relatively new option with a thermal barrier top coating that works very well and their skirts are coated also. They do have some less expensive forged piston sets as well, but depending on the amount of boost you want to run, may not be the material for you.
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coloradoSPEED
Yes, you will need to get your assembly balanced. And in doing so, you would likely want to look at the Clevite P series Rod Bearings and P series Main Bearings as they are quite a bit more durable than the stock rod and main bearings. The H series is normally only for aftermarket cranks.
Then as far as pistons and rings go, we normally recommend Mahle. You can get nearly and CR and a very high quality piston without breaking the bank. The file fit rings come with the piston set, as well as the pins and locks. The pistons are double coated and have a very good design on their skirt coating. There are quite a few diff part numbers for those, so let us know your target CR and possible overbore size and we can work that up. After that, you would have a very sturdy foundation to build from.
But if you wanted to go back with the stock Hyper-E pistons, we also carry a wide variety of the Speed Pro pistons in the 6.0. They have a relatively new option with a thermal barrier top coating that works very well and their skirts are coated also. They do have some less expensive forged piston sets as well, but depending on the amount of boost you want to run, may not be the material for you.
Please let us know if we can be of more help. Click on the links and take a look!
thanks
coloradoSPEED
