Eagle Connecting rods

[DodgeZ]

I have a set for my SRT4 project car. There are DSM guys running over 600hp with them. I would say they are better then tII rods anyday. They come with Arp Wave-loc's bolts too. Even if they are a little smaller they use stronger metal. The stock rods running at 500 hp, ok, but for how long before the big boom?

Later

[Putter]

The only eagle rod i've ever seen in person were broken. They came out of an n/a drag car and it had about a 90* counterclockwise twist in the center then it separated, the guy was lucky though the piece left didn't touch anything inside the engine. It didn't look like an rpm failure, it looked more like an excessive power failure.

I've never heard anything bad about them though, but this guy said he had gone through 3 total in a few years with them....

[Mario_Boost]

Who was running chevy rods?

[DodgeZ]

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Originally Posted by Mario_Boost Who was running chevy rods?

I think I would take the 600-700 bucks in crank work and get some custom rods.

[contraption22]

If i was gonnna go thru all that trouble to get the crank to accept Chevy rods, I wouldn't use Eagles. Don't get me wrong, they are a good rod for something up to say 100hp per cyl give or take, but not much more than that.

[DodgeZ]

since I can't edit my post....


I think I would take the 600-700 bucks in crank work and JUST get some custom rods.

[Aries_Turbo]

does anyone actually have some concrete evidence of eagles breaking at a certain HP level????????

Brian

[Shadow16V]

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Originally Posted by Aries_Turbo does anyone actually have some concrete evidence of eagles breaking at a certain HP level???????? Brian

My cousin lost an engine in his Sunfire with a Turbocharged Ecotec because of the Eagle rods.

[DodgeZ]

http://www.diamondstarmotorsport.com...ineparts.shtml

I'd get on the horn with this guys and ask. I would also post on SRTFORUMS.com asking how good they are.


edit...

http://srtforums.com/forums/showthre...24#post1371224

[DodgeZ]

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Originally Posted by Shadow16V My cousin lost an engine in his Sunfire with a Turbocharged Ecotec because of the Eagle rods.

the rod came apart? what kind of power levels?

[Aries_Turbo]

still no concrete evidence..........

Brian

[Mike Radowski]

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Originally Posted by Shadow16V Do you happen to recall the Stock Wrist pin diameter on the SRT-4 Rods. If I recall correctly the stock size on the NA 2.4 is 0.866" It's been awhile since I looked all this up and I may be wrong.

They share the same wrist pin diameter as our 2.2/2.5 motors.

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Originally Posted by DodgeZ http://www.diamondstarmotorsport.co...gineparts.shtml I'd get on the horn with this guys and ask. I would also post on SRTFORUMS.com asking how good they are. edit... http://srtforums.com/forums/showthr...224#post1371224

Like I said in my previous post, the Mistu guys have good luck with them, but the eagle rods for our motors use smaller rod bolts, which i believe would compromise strength. The guys at Forward Motion agreed with me that the t2 rod was still a better choice.

BTW, I am friends with the guys from DSMotorsport, and they know the Horizon

[Timmay2]

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Originally Posted by Shadow16V He may but the Tech I spoke to seemed Genuinly Honest(not that common these days) and even though I was willing to buy his product he suggested keeping what I had. No point in risking failure when the Stock rods have proven them selves to be plenty strong. Ben

Being a salesperson you learn to turn down sales from people who ask too many questions- tech support after the sale kills your profit

[Shadow16V]

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Originally Posted by Timmay2 Being a salesperson you learn to turn down sales from people who ask too many questions- tech support after the sale kills your profit

If I were speaking to a sales person I may have expected that. I was however speaking to someone in there tech dept. I have deal with this guy before when I had a set of rods let loose in a Ford 347 Stroker I had built. No, it didn't have eagle rods originally, but it does now. I originally used a SCAT Crank and rods. The car lasted about 4 days, small end of the rod broke and Destroyed the Piston, head and block. I transfered the crank to a new block and then installed Eagle Rods and a replacment piston. Eagle was Very helpfull to make sure I got a set of rods that would hold up, yet they advised me to use the Stock rods in my TIII.

[Timmay2]

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Originally Posted by Shadow16V If I were speaking to a sales person I may have expected that. I was however speaking to someone in there tech dept. I have deal with this guy before when I had a set of rods let loose in a Ford 347 Stroker I had built. No, it didn't have eagle rods originally, but it does now. I originally used a SCAT Crank and rods. The car lasted about 4 days, small end of the rod broke and Destroyed the Piston, head and block. I transfered the crank to a new block and then installed Eagle Rods and a replacment piston. Eagle was Very helpfull to make sure I got a set of rods that would hold up, yet they advised me to use the Stock rods in my TIII.

Just messin with ya.. little bored this morning. And btw, the tech guy just didnt want you calling back! ..

I do agree though, stock parts have been plenty proven.