Shot Peened Standard Rods.

[116.hks]

i have a rb25 that has been rebuit with standard rods that have been shot peened. just wondering if anyone out there can shed some light on whether it has strengthened them a little or not. cheers

[Cubes]

It helps.. .BUT its a waste of $$ as you can pick up a set of forged rods with ARP bolts for a similar price to shotpeened/resized etc rods + arp bolts.

[cuppas]

shotpeening is firing tiny metal pellets at the rods, supposed to harden them

pretty sure theyre still a heap inferior to forgies though

[R31Nismoid]

i have a rb25 that has been rebuit with standard rods that have been shot peened. just wondering if anyone out there can shed some light on whether it has strengthened them a little or not. cheers

You should have used RB26 rods mate. Tried and proven over 400rwkw.

For $150 for 6 thats pretty good value.

RB25 rods are largely untested in that regard being RB26 rods are that cheap

[116.hks]

thanks for the responses. it was my old tuners idea to shotpeened rods for some reason. would have perfered to have forgies or the 26 rods. should now in a couple of weeks after it get tuned. cheers.