Stock Motor Rb25det Good To 700whp?

[R31Nismoid]

they are visibly different.

i dont have a pic side by side tough...

(dunno the technical name) but the skinnest part of the rod where is goings onto the little circle is much meatier.

If i can notice a difference then it must be a bit

Im sure there are others that a trained eye can pick out easily

[maximajim]

RB26 is obviously thicker in the area that counts. But if you've held either rord in your hand you can see how tiny they are. Even though the RB25 rod is skinny, it's still very strong.

Instead of getting eagle rods which don't have a good rep in the US, buy some Crower rods. $600 vs. $1000. Not that much.

Edited December 3, 2005 by maximajim

[SleepingTalon]

Eagle rods are considered an entry level rod for people that arent gonna break the 450kw barrier. I've made about 440wkw with Eagle rods, and they were fine, but I still dont 100% trust them. Crower rods are very strong, but also much more expensive. For the price of crower rods, I can use aluminum rods that will be MUCH lighter, and handle more than twice the power. The aluminum rods we use are very trick. They have a dowel pin that holds the bearing in place and keeps it from spinning. It's a very nice piece. If the GTR rods will handle 350-400rwkw, that's all I'll need. The turbo on the car cant even make power that high, so it's just precautionary. I'm also gonna need torque specs for the ARP headstuds, and ARP rod bolts. So if anyone has the correct information, that would also be greatly appreciated.