Eurospec conrods

[audiman]

I am doing a rebuild on mine next month and I am buying some Eurospec rods for it!!! Does anyone want to come in on a group purchase of these? The list price is $825 plus tax and shipping. I can get them to the UK with duty and everythng paid for about £450. They have offered a discount for more sets ordered but no exact %age reduction as yet until I give them some numbers.

[SteveH]

Tom...I'll have a set for when I bend the Carrillos

I wish you'd found them earlier mate..I could have saved myself a few quid.

[Doug_RS2]

What are the specs of them? Torque limit? Do they have the oil feed?

Tom - what else are you changing? Do you need to get the crank balanced when you change rods?

[Mihnea]

Originally posted by Doug_RS2
What are the specs of them? Torque limit? Do they have the oil feed?

Tom - what else are you changing? Do you need to get the crank balanced when you change rods?

Errrrrm, Doug, I can feel the "force" taking you down the $$$$$$$lippery $$$$lope

[newsh]

Originally posted by Mihnea
Errrrrm, Doug, I can feel the "force" taking you down the $$$$$$$lippery $$$$lope

Yeah, Doug for God's sake man! never mind the rest of this year, it's only been 2 days!!

[Doug_RS2]

I just want info on them - I did say I wouldn't modify my car for the rest of the year- that doesn't include another engine that might end up sitting in my garage

Mihnea - would changing the rods on my car mean you can give me more boost/torque with my current setup? What power/torque/ boost figures - assuming I had a tubular exhaust manifold?

[jubjub]

Originally posted by newsh
Yeah, Doug for God's sake man! never mind the rest of this year, it's only been 2 days!!

Exactly....someone once said " speed costs money, how fast do wanna go"

[Mihnea]

Originally posted by Doug_RS2
I just want info on them - I did say I wouldn't modify my car for the rest of the year- that doesn't include another engine that might end up sitting in my garage

$$$$lippery $$$$lope.... $$$$2??? Doug_R$2?

Mihnea - would changing the rods on my car mean you can give me more boost/torque with my current setup? What power/torque/ boost figures - assuming I had a tubular exhaust manifold?

Yeah, if you manage to get a tubular EM that's a lot less restrictive than an RS2 unit and do some porting on the turbo's hot side (or install a #10 hot side but they're feckin expensive, only MTM have the rights to sell them, I think I've heard something like 750 euros for one!!!!!!!:wacked: :wacked: ) in order to make it more free-flowing, I guess we can try to push things above 450, but you'll need to lower CR a bit in order to do this, I'd say around 8.5:1 should be fine...

Cheers,

Mihnea

[audiman]

Oi, dont hijack my thread!! LOL. Dont you want a set or not?
Not sure about the oil ways etc, I can email them again and ask some moe questions if you have any. They come with ARP bolts and use the std shell bearings.

http://www.eurospecsport.com/Connecting%20Rods.htm

[Doug_RS2]

Originally posted by audiman
Dont you want a set or not?

Not just now - unless my engine goes pop this week

[SteveH]

Most aftermarket rods come without the oil drilling. It's likely to be a cost option. They may advise that it will weaken the rod or the design will be different to accomodate it.

[audiman]

All I know is that the rods use the std shell bearings in them and come complete with ARP bolts. Do you need the oil drilling

I will phone them up tomorrow night and speak to someone over in the USA and get all the details on them, cant imagine that they designed a rod for our engines that isnt any good??

[Doug_RS2]

Tom - how soon could I get a set? Next week? I'm still thinking - can you email your cost breakdown of parts you are doing? How much are the bearing shells? How much are the piston rings? Cheers Tom.

[Doug_RS2]

Tom Any details?

[diesel des]

I may be interested in a set if you can get the longer rods required for a tdi stroker block. Can this be done? Thanks, des.