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rob wild

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Before i order the rods and wiseco's any more opinions on this?

 

Rob, Have you had yours yet?

 

I have my Wiseco pistons and I must say the quality looks excellent. They have been checked by my engineering workshop are perfect as far as weight (+/- 0.1g) etc I'm very impressed.

 

However on the rods I'm still a bit undecided!

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I have my Wiseco pistons and I must say the quality looks excellent. They have been checked by my engineering workshop are perfect as far as weight (+/- 0.1g) etc I'm very impressed.

 

However on the rods I'm still a bit undecided!

 

Any chance you can stick up some pics and the actual weights ;)

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I have my Wiseco pistons and I must say the quality looks excellent. They have been checked by my engineering workshop are perfect as far as weight (+/- 0.1g) etc I'm very impressed.

 

However on the rods I'm still a bit undecided!

 

Dug the Eagle rods out of the garage tonight (sorry Rob i've been working nights for the last 2 weeks) and they are definately not the same as the Scat ones you have pictured with a stock rod, i would have taken a pic for you but i appear to have mislaid the digital camera :(, as per Wez's post they weigh in about 590 grams which is as accurate as i can get with the wifes kitchen scales :), with regards to what you go with i would say the Eagle rods at least have some proven track record wheares the Scat ones i can find very little on, they do appear quite a bit lighter than the Eagle and Carrilo rods which come in at about the same, so i think its a pretty safe bet the Eagles are definately based on the Carrilo rod, this would concern me a bit with the "budget" end of the scale that Scat have gone off and done their own thing whereas Eagle played safe and copied Carrilo, if you want to "borrow" the Eagle rods and get your engine man to give them the once over you are more than welcome

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If you go for a bigger pin you need custom rods to match. 900 HP is a huge amount of power, and will need a steel crank, IMO. Only the very best internals will do, and for drag racing I'd order a crank with more than the stock number of flywheel bolts, and dowelled as well, if there's room on the flange. That means a custom flywheel.... But that means you can run a really suitable clutch if it's a manual.

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If you go for a bigger pin you need custom rods to match. 900 HP is a huge amount of power, and will need a steel crank, IMO. Only the very best internals will do, and for drag racing I'd order a crank with more than the stock number of flywheel bolts, and dowelled as well, if there's room on the flange. That means a custom flywheel.... But that means you can run a really suitable clutch if it's a manual.

 

I am running a powerglide.

I thought the stock 2JZ crank was steel?

It has been proven to run 1200bhp+ countless times without failure even for road use too.

I know i could spend £10,000+ on just the short motor alone but that is out of my league for the first year....Unless we have a new sponsor "Sponsored by Chris Wilson" He he..

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