psegs80

When torquing the arp rod bolts on stock b18b rods, do you use arp torque specs or honda?????

non-VTEC

use the specs that ARP gives you with their rod bolts

psegs80

That's what I did and now my crank is very hard to turn and I put new green oem rod bearings wich are the same color has before???

psegs80

Should the rods be in the same sequence has before or are they all the same...cause when I sent my rods of the the machine shop for them to press my p30 pistons, I didn't mark them?

mmuller

your crank is hard to turn now because the new higher torque spec of the arp's are making your rod ends egg shape causing clearances to go way off.

you have to have a machine shop hone your rod ends round again

psegs80

So when I get the rod ends hone I will need new spec rod bearings right??? And can I just send off the rod end or full rods or the bottom end???

Thanks!

mmuller

you can send them the rods. Clearances can remain the same and can be made all the same, sent them to a reputable machine shop; they will have no problems getting it dead on.

psegs80

Should I be able to use same rod bearings size???