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Old Oct 29, 2010 | 05:25 PM
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Default crower "econo" billet rods vs steel billet rods

starting a mild build and came across crowers econo billet rod has anyone seen or know how well these perform vs the steel billet ones? any feedback is helpful the application is a b16a2 ctr pistons standard clearence.... standard bore. looking for:
reliable+performance=not destroying an engine cause i bought some low quality rods...
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Old Oct 29, 2010 | 05:59 PM
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Default Re: crower "econo" billet rods vs steel billet rods

im sure they are just as good (if not better) as eagle H beams....any plenty of people have made incredible power on those..
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Old Oct 29, 2010 | 06:07 PM
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Default Re: crower "econo" billet rods vs steel billet rods

I believe the Econo rods are an H-Beam rod, while the Crower steel billet are an I beam design. The econo are similar to Eagle rods
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Old Oct 29, 2010 | 06:42 PM
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Default Re: crower "econo" billet rods vs steel billet rods

the more important part is that u cant use oem pistons on aftermarket rods...also for ctr pistons on a b16a all u need is stock rods..
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Old Oct 29, 2010 | 08:25 PM
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Default Re: crower "econo" billet rods vs steel billet rods

thanks for the input, just learned something new today, although i am slightly seasoned to hondas iam not seasoned to engine building.

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