ARP connecting rod bolts?
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ARP connecting rod bolts?
Are they necessary on b18c connecting rods? I found these Lightning Motorsports - ARP Rod Bolts for 1.6-1.8L Acura & Honda 9mm - 208-6401 . How much stronger are they over stock ITR connecting rod bolts and do they carry any negative side effects upon installation once torqued?
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While I cannot say how much stronger ARP is without a destruct test,
I don't know of anyone displeased with them. As a guess, your stock rods will let go before the ARP's do. Those ARP guys know what they are doing.
............if you run some serious turbo boost, it's cheaper to replace rods and bolts, than to rebuild a blown motor and use new ones the second time around.......-Bob
I don't know of anyone displeased with them. As a guess, your stock rods will let go before the ARP's do. Those ARP guys know what they are doing.
............if you run some serious turbo boost, it's cheaper to replace rods and bolts, than to rebuild a blown motor and use new ones the second time around.......-Bob
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^with him,do it know so you dont have to later its a nice safty step in any motor...Arp rates there bolts around 148,000Psi as for stock 9mm honda rate there for 23 or 27,000Psi thats good enough for me 
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Ok, that makes sense but isn't there another step to installing them than just popping them in and torquing them down? Is there any machining required after installation?
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If you have a c.clamp u can do it that way or just do it when install on 3 step tq down..some say u can bore the cap end out some not sure why I never have..
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Do stock rod bolts look like the ARP rod bolts? I'm looking at the pictures of the ARP's and they look identical to my current bolts.
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Also, I called up the machine shop where my motor currently is and they told me that when installing ARP rod bolts, the rod ends may get misshaped once they're installed and torqued, causing misalignment and future rod knocking. They recommend that I do purchase them but that they install them so that they can check the big rod end for misalignment once torqued.
Does this make sense? It does to me.
Does this make sense? It does to me.
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I'm building the motor.
It does make sense that they could cause the big ends to become misshaped. ARP suggests that they are torqued then checked for roundness, prior to being installed.
It does make sense that they could cause the big ends to become misshaped. ARP suggests that they are torqued then checked for roundness, prior to being installed.
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