New build engine does not move :(

[Albert]

Will now all the info tomorow morning after I get back my parts.

This ruined my plan again to start in the next race. I used ony the finest parts avalible on the market and only got SPM rods in stead of Pauter becouse the avalibiliy (it was to be next day, Pauter was 4 weeks, it was almost 8 weeks with SPM) and lower pricing (will spend more now due to extra work with the engine and extra new parts needed to be used now with the rebuild and the money spend on machine work). Hope my sponsors will understand it and will not withdraw form financing the car.

This is the lesson for me and I hope after I take the rods form the workshop they will do their job. Next time I will use Pauter just like on all the other projects I have assisted and never had a problem with them.

[diesel des]

It must be the bigend with is too great for the crank then. NEVER grind down the part of the rod between the big and small end!

[Albert]

I just find out that I have to get new rod bearings. The ones I have are used becouse of the bad rods in a inproper way. Will post pictures tomorow.

[Billman]

Sorry to hear that you had problems. Hope you get tha sorted out.

The thing is a guy from a german Forum has used Carillos in his 1,8 T engine with such problems and said that the SPM rods that his Friend used in the same engine were perfect.

I Hope these problems are not in all Sets!

Maybe the people for the second Group Buy should wait for comments of the other SPM users.

That are the experiences from the other Rod manufacturers in Terms of fiting or further proccesing?

[Albert]

I have sold over 20 sets of Pauter rods to my coustomers in PL and naver had a single complain. This time I was in a hurry and came out with idea of SPM rods.

[aelred]

I always use Pauter and a couple of occasion Carillos. No problem with either.

[Billman]

Anything new on your engine? Was it the Rods?

Anyone else has installed the SPM rods?

[Ross]

My SPMs have been fitted and the engine rebuilt. They balanced up fine, fitted to stock crank + RS2 shells no problems. And the engine turns over no problems by hand - are you using stock crank Albert?

This week she'll be fired up for the first time, hopefully without any problems!

Ross

[Albert]

Crank from PKMotorsport.

They had to be mached on the top a litle bit to fit to my CP Pistons

[Ross]

Glad to hear you go it sorted here albert! Good luck with the racing...

[Billman]

My SPMs have been fitted and the engine rebuilt. They balanced up fine, fitted to stock crank + RS2 shells no problems. And the engine turns over no problems by hand - are you using stock crank Albert?

This week she'll be fired up for the first time, hopefully without any problems!

Ross

That gives hope to the rest of us with SPM