blackeg

i think my motor is gonna get rebuilt soon again, but im not sure if i need to rodbolts or rods.

this will be the 4th time they are being used i believe, eagle h beams and arp2000's 3/8 bolt. im thinkin i should use new bolts, but the rods will be ok??? theyve probably got about 20k miles on them

non-VTEC

measure the rod bolt stretch after torqueing them to spec. if they are over the stretch limit then you need to replace them.

or....just order a set of replacment bolts. they are not that expensive.

riceball777

use a rob bolt stretch gauge and see if its in spec

if you do change rod bolts they are not a drop in knind of thing. you need to take the rods and new bolts bolts to a machine shop to have the rods resized for the new bolts.

CovertFI

They are right, the bolts are only supose to strech so much. The bolts should of came with some kind of tolerances chart telling you how much they can strech.

blackeg

so if i buy new bolts, but keep the same rods, do i have to bring them to a machine shop to get looked at or whatever?

DRAGLS

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Enzo Speed. &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> If you want to buy a replacement set, it's going to cost about $10/bolt</TD></TR></TABLE>


Wrong!

ARP2000

ARP 200-6209 3/8 bolt $48.99 set of 8

ARP 200-6210 5/16 bolt $53.99 set of 8




Modified by DRAGLS at 6:01 PM 9/26/2006

DRAGLS

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by blackeg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

this will be the 4th time they are being used i believe, eagle h beams and arp2000's 3/8 bolt. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yes buy a new set of bolts. $48.99 for the set.

DRAGLS

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Enzo Speed. &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

I paid $100 for 8 replacements in T11. </TD></TR></TABLE>


T11 is that a metal that arp uses? Can't find it in their master catalog.

blackeg

hmmm ****, not that im cheaping out of 50 bucks for bolts, but im buying new pistons anyway, for maybe another 100-200 bucks tops i can get new rods too.......