Rod bolt install write-up
Originally Posted by gun5l1ng3r
You will have to spin that sucker to 6000RPM and let us know how it holds together.
I am too nervous to put Rod Bolts in because my Z28 is my Daily Driver and if I spin a bearing for any reason I am SOL!!
I am too nervous to put Rod Bolts in because my Z28 is my Daily Driver and if I spin a bearing for any reason I am SOL!!
Now, the 10-bolt is suffering. 
Thanks for making this a sticky, I barely noticed it today.
i did it the same way,one bolt at a time,and three passes on each bolt with a final at 50.After this i put on 4k miles over last summer and had 7 dyno pulls to 6600..My rev limiter ws set at 6600 the whole time and i hit the limiter at least 10 times on the street.Major tack lag in first with 420 rwhp.i used the katecks also.
Originally Posted by Dom
I have a 2000, do I need to change them before doing a cam? What's the limit of the stockers?
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Originally Posted by Halloran
Ditto...Also what about the cam bearings?
so before i put the new (out of a wrecked car) motor in my car should I change rod bolts? Its a 2000 motor and I plan to spin it to 7. Im just afraid of messing something up doing this, ruining the integrity of the motor. Thanks in advance fellas.
Originally Posted by patriotformula
so before i put the new (out of a wrecked car) motor in my car should I change rod bolts? Its a 2000 motor and I plan to spin it to 7. Im just afraid of messing something up doing this, ruining the integrity of the motor. Thanks in advance fellas.
Project Dc2: The swap took me a total of ~16 hours from the time I jacked the car up to the time I fired her up. Keep in mind this is the first time I've attempted this. With a write-up, I'm pretty sure the time it would take someone to do it would be significantly less.
1baddls1: It is possible to do the swap without lowering the K-member, but you'd have to pull the engine. Since I don't have the tools to pull the engine, I chose the lesser of the two evils.
1baddls1: It is possible to do the swap without lowering the K-member, but you'd have to pull the engine. Since I don't have the tools to pull the engine, I chose the lesser of the two evils.
Wow damn i have to do this soon. Not looking forward to 16hrs of work. Did you do it by yourself or did you have alot of help? I'm doing heads/cam/intake and rod bolts to be safe...I guess wish me luck lol.
William
William
Just did another rod bolt swap last weekend and it took considerably less time than the first time I had done it. I started it at ~2pm and finished ~12am with a break here and there. So, it took ~10 hours from start to finish this second time around. All work done by myself. As you can see from the pics, it is a lot of work so be prepared for a lengthy install. Eat plenty of banannas for the potassium content, you'll probably get a cramp or two on your hamstrings during the install. 
Have to give credit to brad8266, it's much easier unbolting the compressor and tieing it up somewhere.
Have to give credit to brad8266, it's much easier unbolting the compressor and tieing it up somewhere.
Any problem holding the engine up under the bellhousing? I'm gonna be doing a k-member swap and dropping the oil pan. I'm kind of worried about holding the engine up from there. It doesn't seem like it would be too stable. Did the engine/trans ever feel unstable?