"I" Beam or "H" Beam rods
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Which is stronger and best for boost build up?? I see that SDPC sells a set of "I" Crower rods for $435, but all the "H" beam rods are going for $485 and up, so which would be better??? I am tryin to reach a 550-650rwhp application.
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Both the Crower and almost any of the H beams will do that for you. The top quality I beams are billets so they are super stout. Most H beams are basicaly the same so name brand is almost a nonissue.
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As long as the I beams in question are billets like Crower or Lunati to name a couple. IMO, the I beam design weight wise is stronger, that may be the reasoning behind all of these billet I beams that are out now.
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I have found that all H-beam rods that I have seen weights posted for are lighter than I-beam rods that I have seen weights posted for. It appears that for a given strength the H-beams are lighter. Can someone else verify this ??
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Originally Posted by Hysteria
The Eagle H beams are around 660 grams and the Lunati Billet i beams are around 670 grams. The Eagles can hold around 750 CHP and the Lunati's an hold around 1100.
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I should have clarified a little better though. Of rods that are made by the same manufacturer, out of the same material, rated for the same hp, the H-beam rods seem to be lighter
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Sorry about that. I was trying to do a same name company comparison but all I have is Eagle and Lunati books near by and Eagle doesnt make any billets and Lunati doesnt make any H beams lol. I thought it would be a good comparison nontheless because of the popularity of both rods. Also most people think of Eagle or simular type rod(Manley, Scat, Cat) when thinking H beam and Lunati is a pretty popular billet rod. The Eagles are 4340 and the Lunati's are 4340 according to their books.