What is needed for LS rods into a D16A6?
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What is needed for LS rods into a D16A6?
I did some searching and this was all I could find:
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">LS rods do require machine work for a D16 engine.
1. yoiu must bush the wristpin to except the 19m mpin of a d16 piston
2. you must thin down the rods where it goes around the crank. (to let it fit between the weights of the crank.
3.once rebushed for a small wrist pin, yo uhave to use a floating wristpin design ie: aftermarket. the press fit of stock pistons wont fly.</TD></TR></TABLE>
I don't understand why you can't rebush it for the smaller pin and make the bushing small enough that it gets a good press fit with the OEM rod? Reducing the width of the rods is easy enough for a machine shop to do. Suppose you did go with a floating pin, wouldn't you have to have slots machined into the pistons to keep the pin in there? After all that cost the crower econos are only about $300USD.
Only thing I can't follow about the aftermarket rods is how do you get the pins to stay in there. Similar to the first issue with re-pinning the stock rods...
-Michael
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">LS rods do require machine work for a D16 engine.
1. yoiu must bush the wristpin to except the 19m mpin of a d16 piston
2. you must thin down the rods where it goes around the crank. (to let it fit between the weights of the crank.
3.once rebushed for a small wrist pin, yo uhave to use a floating wristpin design ie: aftermarket. the press fit of stock pistons wont fly.</TD></TR></TABLE>
I don't understand why you can't rebush it for the smaller pin and make the bushing small enough that it gets a good press fit with the OEM rod? Reducing the width of the rods is easy enough for a machine shop to do. Suppose you did go with a floating pin, wouldn't you have to have slots machined into the pistons to keep the pin in there? After all that cost the crower econos are only about $300USD.
Only thing I can't follow about the aftermarket rods is how do you get the pins to stay in there. Similar to the first issue with re-pinning the stock rods...
-Michael
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