turbotrana Member 2,586 Member For: 21y 7m 28d Gender: Male Posted 10/10/06 12:59 PM Share Posted 10/10/06 12:59 PM And just putting rods and oil pump gear is so easy. Being a floating pin the pistons can be swapped simply. No boring/honing, no new rings. It really is the most economical solution. Most guys could do this in the back shed without the block leaving the block!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F6 RAPID Formerly Turbo6 Donating Members 2,332 Member For: 21y 10m 19d Location: North Brisbane Posted 10/10/06 09:11 PM Share Posted 10/10/06 09:11 PM I think we need a spell check function on this forum to understand some posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F6 UTE - Track Bound EVO III - Member 3,367 Member For: 19y 11m 12d Gender: Male Location: Strapped in and holding on Posted 10/10/06 10:57 PM Share Posted 10/10/06 10:57 PM I believe ( and I'm no expert )and as to det damage well the forgies being of a more dense contruction like yourself \|/ than the cast is more prone to det damage so get your facts straight \|/ You see \|/, that's why I said I had NFI.. I'll give you dense!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romulus Donating Members 1,279 Member For: 19y 10m 23d Location: Perth Posted 11/10/06 11:58 AM Share Posted 11/10/06 11:58 AM (edited) So basically all you folk forking out big coin for built motors have been duped, when a set of LPG conrods and factory pistons (plus billet oil pump gears) will probably do the job for street/strip use Engine longevity has a lot to do with the peanut tuning the car Edited 11/10/06 11:59 AM by M6 XR6T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberley Scott www.australianflag.org.au Donating Members 6,763 Member For: 19y 4m 10d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 11/10/06 12:02 PM Share Posted 11/10/06 12:02 PM Interesting point, I think I remeber this from some time back. For others what would be the coin for an engine spruce as mentiuoned above?Scotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guests Posted 11/10/06 12:35 PM Share Posted 11/10/06 12:35 PM Engine longevity has a lot to do with the peanut tuning the car ←Yes very much so, im pushing 38orwkw through the stock engine and I have put 15,ooo very very hard k's on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 2m 4d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 11/10/06 12:59 PM Share Posted 11/10/06 12:59 PM So basically all you folk forking out big coin for built motors have been duped, when a set of LPG conrods and factory pistons (plus billet oil pump gears) will probably do the job for street/strip use Engine longevity has a lot to do with the peanut tuning the car ←Have you priced a set of "lpg" rods and stock pistons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romulus Donating Members 1,279 Member For: 19y 10m 23d Location: Perth Posted 11/10/06 01:16 PM Share Posted 11/10/06 01:16 PM So basically all you folk forking out big coin for built motors have been duped, when a set of LPG conrods and factory pistons (plus billet oil pump gears) will probably do the job for street/strip use Engine longevity has a lot to do with the peanut tuning the car ←Have you priced a set of "lpg" rods and stock pistons?←Yep, trade price the rods are around $53.53 ea, pistons around $160ea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guests Posted 11/10/06 04:46 PM Share Posted 11/10/06 04:46 PM So basically all you folk forking out big coin for built motors have been duped, when a set of LPG conrods and factory pistons (plus billet oil pump gears) will probably do the job for street/strip use Engine longevity has a lot to do with the peanut tuning the car ←Have you priced a set of "lpg" rods and stock pistons?←Yep, trade price the rods are around $53.53 ea, pistons around $160ea.←sounds good but I would not use the lpg or f6 rod as a replacement if you paid me!if it were there fine but if not why pay $400 od bucks trade for rods with a thicker cross section but narrower beam rendering them at best 10% betteras to std pistons great if you have a std bore block that is able to be clearanced correctly as os sizes are not available!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Here since the start... Lifetime Members 10,282 Member For: 21y 7m 1d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 11/10/06 08:11 PM Share Posted 11/10/06 08:11 PM That's right...Why go to all the trouble of replacing rods only to use LPG rods which are marginally better?You would be far better off using aftermarket rods which are much stronger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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