Acording to Golden Eagle, these rods can handle 15 -20 psi before they break. I plan on boosting 18-20 psi when I get my block from them, but does anyone have any experiance with high boost on these rods? They told me that I could upgrade the the rod bolts to ARP's for 150.00 more? what do you think?

 

for 150.00 more for bolts. spend 300 more and get a set of pauters with the right bolts that are good for 40psi of boost. to say a rod is good to 15-20 lb of boost means nothing. my friends all motor ITR broke a rod bolt revving 10k with only 200whp all mtoor. no boost at all. they dont like to be revved or boosted.something to think about.

 

I thought eagle rods comes stock with arp rod bolts? Correct me someone please. Paul

 

they do but they are the smaller ones that break more easily.

 

damn, this sucks. I thought eagle was a good rod. Thanks for your input, anyone else?

 

Thanks for the clarification, i don't see how you can fit a "bigger" bolt on the rods though. Paul

 

I think that you will be fine with the eagles on 15lbs if you tune out... I dont see how someone can "rate" a rod until 15lbs...

 

the head will remain the same on the larger bolt. the stock bolt starts of thicker near the head then gets thinner before the threads and then is thick where the threads are. they break on the thinner part. hope this explains it

 

You explained it all, hope my eagle rods will last 450-500whp, we'll see. Paul

 

I'm in the same boat. I already have my Eagle rods though. My goal is 400WHP max and I have seen these rods handle 400WHP. I will probably have them all shot peened before they are put in.

 

Do not shot-peen your rods. Once shot-peened rods decide to go, they shatter like glass.

 

Oh God, another post about eagle rods?

There have been many discussions about eagle rods and the amt of power it can sustain before breaking.

I have seen eagle rods hold up to 650whp on a race car for a whole season. So it can hold the power.


The eagle rods should be okay at 18-20psi given everything else is okay.

However I only use Pauter or Crower rods in all my high hp motors.

 

Yeah. When I did a search last week I went through a shitload of posts that had allot of good information Back to Rambo and Killians >=]

 

you are right!! i have also seen eagles break at 200whp all motor but i have never seen crower or pauter break at that hp all motor. anyone making 500+ on boost and revving it is definietly is not on the small rod bolts.

 

YO Brian,

I've heard only good things about eagle rods. Mine came with arp bolts..,.but then again i got ripped of; paid $480shipped from ENDYN . ONe of my friends only paid $300 from a gb.

I think the eagle rods could easily handle 18-20psi assuming that those boost levels wont yield you 600+whp


[Modified by BoostedSi, 4:13 AM 3/24/2003]

 

Eagle rods aren't meant for high rpm N/A motors, they are too heavy, they are meant to handle lots of hp and torque up to 8K or 8.5K rpm, I wouldn't take them past 9k on any occasion, seen big power go through those rods reliably