wat up everyone has anyone in here used ls/b20 acl bearings in eagle rods in a b20? most people are going with oem i know but i already have ACL's tried putting them in the other day but they seemed like i had to go one step down with those (but to my knowledge ACL's is one size fits all) right? lol well i know honda bearings are $$ can anyone tell me what they usually come out to as in total? and estimate would be great.. and if someone in here is running those ACL's bearings did they have any trouble with them and how long have you been running your motor for i wanna see the durability and lifetime on these please help!!

 

oh yes and i did research for about half an hour and all i came up with was that most of you are running oem's and well not a lot of peeps went into detail if they were running ACL'S and how it worked please advise...

 

someone.

 

some of the most knowledgeable tuners/builders on this forum chimed in on this thread

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1128143

 

please do. i understand if you have ACL's well you have to plastiguage them correct?

 

The motor I am currently building I am using ACL rod bearings with LS rods. I reconditioned the rods myself so my clearances were perfect.

 

right, have the big end machined.

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you dont have to do anything

but you are correct, you need to check your clearances. plastigauge probably being the most barbaric way, but still pretty effective.

 

how much is expected to cost if i have them machined? does this apply to my rods since i am using eagle rods?

 

bump !

 

i think i paid $65 to have my rods sized.

i dont know much about the sizes of aftermarket rods. do they come with any specs on the large end? if not have them measured, and if need be resized.

 

Your Eagles should probably be dead on. Check the clearances then decide if they need it.

 

Okay here is my last question when i tighten my arp rod bolts to my final pounds which is 28flbs i dont get there because as soon as i get to 23flbs the rod bearings start getting tight and look like they might crack so i stopped could it be me that i have the bearings flipped and i should try the other way and switch the bearings from bootm to top? are they diff? thanks for all the help...

 

check it with a rod bolt stretch gauge.

 

Lemme know if you need some OEM ones, I have a bunch left over from my build

 

what is the part number on the box for ur bearings?? I use to work for ACL and know their product very well. And no there isnt 1 size fits all. They work great and never had a problem selling them to J.J from PFI and Sam from Import Sports

 

im running ACL bearing in my b20vtec set up. my mechanic said i should be good with those. I had all my clearances and stuff checked also.