rod bearing tolerance
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So ive been spec'ing out my lsvtec. With acl race hx bearings my rods are .0017-.0019. Mains with oem bearings are .0015-
0017.
Would you run rods that loose on a motor to daily drive and last a solid 50k miles? I know they are loose for nonvtec specs but fall on the high end of acceptable for itr
0017.
Would you run rods that loose on a motor to daily drive and last a solid 50k miles? I know they are loose for nonvtec specs but fall on the high end of acceptable for itr
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Re: rod bearing tolerance
So ive been spec'ing out my lsvtec. With acl race hx bearings my rods are .0017-.0019. Mains with oem bearings are .0015-
0017.
Would you run rods that loose on a motor to daily drive and last a solid 50k miles? I know they are loose for nonvtec specs but fall on the high end of acceptable for itr
0017.
Would you run rods that loose on a motor to daily drive and last a solid 50k miles? I know they are loose for nonvtec specs but fall on the high end of acceptable for itr
i would not call that "loose". Pending peak operating RPM, oil use..etc i would run that all day for a DD.
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Re: rod bearing tolerance
there were a few days last winter that were between -5 and -10 degrees f when i left for work in the morning...
i usually cheap out with oil, and just run castrol gtx changed every 3000 miles
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Re: rod bearing tolerance
My personal preference only, but most people tend to go the same way.
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Well most guys usually run a turbo engine looser as it makes more power.....and heat, much faster than an all motor. Rolling into the burnout box at idle to jumping on the two step into boost creates heat and expansion very quickly which is why it's built a bit looser. If the all motor car is a race only car, I would run it looser as well.
My personal preference only, but most people tend to go the same way.
My personal preference only, but most people tend to go the same way.
Oil does a pretty good job at keeping the lower components from being so susceptible to combustion heat when in reality that combustion heat on a turbo engine is regulated by fuel and ignition timing just the same as naturally aspirated engines so heat through conduction really can't be much of a concern.
RPM is very hard on an engine which is why a given "race engine" with a couple thousand more operating rpm built within OEM tolerances is much more likely to have damage sooner than one that was built with the proper information in mind.
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