My forged 6.3" rods!
11-26-2006, 11:10 PM
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My forged 6.3" rods! 160mm center-to-center forged h-beam rods! 0.927" Chevy wrist pin so getting pistons will be easier 
And ARP 7/16" rod bolts of course.
I'm getting serious
And ARP 7/16" rod bolts of course.I'm getting serious
11-27-2006, 02:13 PM
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Yep it's for the Volvo. Hopefully will be pulling the engine and rebuilding it around springtime, I still need to get pistons and all the other little things. You would think that 4 would be cheaper than 8 wouldn't ya? These are custom straight from the manufacturer of Eagle rods, and ended up costing about the same as a set of 8 Eagle h-beam rods.
11-27-2006, 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Nate_Taufer
Ok. I was about to say you must hate having a decent amount of compression height in a piston but then I realized it's for the slow car.
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That's the entire point. By going with forged 160mm rods, instead of stock forged 152mm rods, plus the added 6mm stroke, I get a piston that is 11mm shorter. Also, this gives me a Rod/Stroke ratio of 1.86. The piston compression height will be just over 28mm. By doing this, I will have dropped just over a pound from each cylinder. The bone stock head flows the same as a stock LS1 head. The head will be ported, and when I run 2bar boost, it will essentially be displacing 7.5L of uncompressed mixture. That in a car that has a dry weight of 2500lbs, will not be slow
But yes, at the moment it is sitting on jackstands and goes 0mph, so you really got me there. Trending Topics
11-28-2006, 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Poik
I'm not sure if you are just kicking me ****, or actually being a jackass
That's the entire point. By going with forged 160mm rods, instead of stock forged 152mm rods, plus the added 6mm stroke, I get a piston that is 11mm shorter. Also, this gives me a Rod/Stroke ratio of 1.86. The piston compression height will be just over 28mm. By doing this, I will have dropped just over a pound from each cylinder. The bone stock head flows the same as a stock LS1 head. The head will be ported, and when I run 2bar boost, it will essentially be displacing 7.5L of uncompressed mixture. That in a car that has a dry weight of 2500lbs, will not be slow But yes, at the moment it is sitting on jackstands and goes 0mph, so you really got me there.
That's the entire point. By going with forged 160mm rods, instead of stock forged 152mm rods, plus the added 6mm stroke, I get a piston that is 11mm shorter. Also, this gives me a Rod/Stroke ratio of 1.86. The piston compression height will be just over 28mm. By doing this, I will have dropped just over a pound from each cylinder. The bone stock head flows the same as a stock LS1 head. The head will be ported, and when I run 2bar boost, it will essentially be displacing 7.5L of uncompressed mixture. That in a car that has a dry weight of 2500lbs, will not be slow
But yes, at the moment it is sitting on jackstands and goes 0mph, so you really got me there.
11-28-2006, 02:43 PM
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Haven't ordered pistons yet. They will be custom CP Pistons pistons. I know a guy who is doing similar pistons, so once he gets his I'll find out that information.
11-30-2006, 02:06 PM
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Haven't ordered pistons yet. They will be custom CP Pistons pistons. I know a guy who is doing similar pistons, so once he gets his I'll find out that information.
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11-30-2006, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Poik
Yeah I have been patiently awaiting Rick's response all day, where the hell is he?
Next thing ya know the volvo will have a bench seat mounted on the deck lid, dropped to the weeds with dub dubs on it, and stickers galore.
