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Well as the title says i am wondering what rods to put in my motor, i have a set of tested and preped stock items and a set of spool rods but have heard and seen photos of both smashed. Now i was aiming high like the 1000hp at tyres mark, but am cutting it back cause it will never see traction otherwise, looking for around the 700 mark maybe slightly more.

Been looking at Howards rods, argos, etc etc etc, what do i do???

need some options of what people have used

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A little bit lighter. I chucked out the rod specs for the argo's. The carrillo ones are around somewhere

Carrillo use their own CARR rod bolts. They can be used for unlimited rebuilds. If something happens to your piston rings or pistons you can undo and refasten them as many times as you like. Some very quick cars use both of these rods - one I know of is in the mid 8's.

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If you have the money to spend just remember that the carrillo rods are lighter, about 70-80 grammes per rod if I recall...

Less reciprocating weight will give you faster acceleration and higher rpm.

The difference is nearly 1k between the Argo v Carrillo and you wont get much change out of 2500.

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any h beam rod is rated to the 1000hp mark so i don't know what you are all talking about....

its the rod bolt that must be a good quality item......

the only way it would throw a rod thru you block would be a shitty build or the rod bolt has let go.... and that's the only reason, you will never bend a h beam rod unless it comes down to massive pinging or hydraulic lock.... end of story and if it does ping, it will loosen the rod bolts anyways...

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Ive seen Carillos, Argo, Eagles, Scat and Spool rods fail - all have been due to oil starvation. Any rod will fail if it welds itself to the crank at high rpm.

Rod choice all comes down to your budget and personal preference ( and what you hear )

My engine makes 560rwhp and turns to 8000 rpm daily - it is over 12 months old and has done 126 power runs on a dyno in that time.

There are a few XR6 turbo engines making 620 - 650 rwhp with Spool rods now.

So I know they are good and there are plenty of people and trade customers using them in big power street, drag and drift cars and have been for years now.

Hope that helps.

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