ARP Rod Bolts
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as the title says gents

whats the best company to get these from (ie) price wise

thanks

iirc i got mine from somerfords being a tight arsed wanker im sure they would have been competitive lol

Nothing much in it, personally I bought mine from Min-its as I knew they would send them quickly and not fuck me about like some others I could mention.

will go for them then tom

thanks gents

back to the towing on the new build my spleens hanging out with the thought of a 10 ton drop of stone first one of 2 drops .....eekk!

i dont use said bolts in my rods , and i know i wont do the milage but i sure do the revs,
i know they are the best , but you dont really need them , i just use late metro bolts and nuts,

are you after a few more bar hp,
or do you just ahve maney to burn ,lol.
if then latter ,may i introduce you to my parts list,lol.

carl



carl

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I didn't know that carl. What kind of RPM's to your engines see?

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you have a point carl

the A+ rod bolts are more than up to the job i know

but this motor will be taking a few!!! pounds of boost

but....... the power stroke is a compresive load and the bolts dont see that much extra load

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the first 1380 i built i used std everything in the short motor bar a 296 scatter, an ultralite f/wheel and centremain strap, i raped it everywhere until the flywheel fell off, my shift light was at 8.5k, but i used to ignore it all the time, so will have been going in excess of 9k regularly.
still think arp's are worth it on a high revving engine though, just for peace of mind.

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

anyone know what the rating is of the std type rod bolts, and head studs for that matter?

i.e. 8.8 or 12.9's etc

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I can see both sides of this debate.....

However, as Richie points out, and in my opinion, they are an insurance policy for the rest of the engine considering how much damage a failure can do.

It is not so much revs that will break them, but cyclical failure over a lot of use, which is why yours will be fine Carl as compared to most you only use them for a very short time between rebuilds.

yes the centre straps fitted rich

having thought about this carefully and considering the above replies

knowing my luck i will break one

iam not going to skimp! on these

as the engines going to get "some Real Bongo"!

iam going to go with the Donald rumsfeld Quote at the bottom on this one .....lol

Edited by BENROSS on 31st Aug, 2006.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c2/carl1964/000_0104.jpg

i do acctually have some ARP bolts . see here lol.


carl

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i bet you would like those rods as well carl....

Err those ARE Carls rods.....

I've had good experience buying ARP rod bolts from Rocket Industries here in Oz.

The original reason I started to use them was the price, they were cheaper than buying 'genuine' ones from local Mini parts suppliers. This is probably due to the shipping from the UK (vs US) and the idea they had of jacking up their margins I guess.

I also found out they have a higher tensile strength from somewhere (can't remember).

Cheers

Daniel

First 5-port EFI turbo in the world (built 1997, running in 1998)