Why not...? There's no reason why you can't. If no one buys my stock rods that i'm trying to sell, I'll end up using them in my stroker.

A lot of things are made in China. Some that i'll buy and some that I wont. Where something is made really has no bearing for me. Anyone that knows me on the mr2 forums knows that I only recommend products i'll use on my own car.

Difference between Eagles and the rest? Price and needs.
Pauters/Carillo/Crower 3S rods go for ~$700-800+shipping at places like MVP. We carry Eagles at the shop and usually sell them for ~$400 shipped. I'm not debating that Carillo/Crower rods aren't better made, but Eagles are still well made. We haven't seen a single failed build due to running them either.

And like I said, stock rods can take a beating, but are heavy. Eagles will work just as well+some, but are a heck of a lot lighter.

 

Huh? I was talking about the stock rods if you wanted to remove weight and make it preform like an Eagle without buying one to do that.

No the diffrence between Eagle and Carrillo or Crower is quality AND money. You pay more to get more. If he wants to run these rods with 450 then cool it will work im not saying there going to break (neccesarly) after he puts them in. Like i said i dont like things from china, i've had bad experiences with Eagle and i stand by my statement. I never said they wouldent "work" I just dont like them. Why buy rods simply for the "reduced rotational mass" when the stock rods can be lightend without taking away from it's durability (as stated in my preveious post).

Like i said, i'd rather have stock rods or if i wanted serious power; Carrillo or Crower. Once again good luck with you build and im sorry if i have been "negative" but im just letting you know from my experinces with Eagle rods, that they have not been well.

 

Then we'll have to agree to disagree. I've never had a problem with eagles.

 

there is nothing wrong with cometic head gaskets. there is plenty mr2's out there runnin over 5-600hp on this hg. most builders use this hg even ats and i have never once heard anything bad about it unless it was user error.

MS is a Real ems...the only difference between megasquirt and aem is that aem is plug and play and megasquirt is going to take a little research and time to do. which i dont mind because im all about learning how things work and becoming more knowledgable. as long as you know how to make it work on a 3sgte then you wont have an issue. i havent researched it that much because im not to that point yet on my build. i do know that i need a trigger wheel and gm coils to make it work. along with a few other things. but guess who will be laughing at you after you spend 3g to get your aem setup on your car? it doesnt just cost 1500 bucks. thiers shit you have to buy for it that they dont tell you about innitially. your lookin at 2 grand just to get everything you need and another 1000 for a good tuner to tune your shit. i'll have my ems in and working with 600 bucks whos laughing now?

the turbo i have is already pretty big. theres no point in me spending all this money on another turbo when i already have a custom turbo setup as it is. my turbo does need a rebuild so if anyone knows someone whos legit who can rebuild my precision t3/t4 60-1 lmk. granted all i need to make bigger numbers is a bigger turbo it assentually isnt needed right now. 400-430whp is good enough for me right now.

 

more then you can imagine lol. i kind of wished i had an attraction to big block cars in the beginning rather then imports. i would have loved to get my hands on a 66-67 nova. with the amount of money spent on this car just to make 11's i could spend the same amount or less on a big block nova and be running 9's. thier just so much easier and cheaper to build its unreal. but i can show you what ive spend so far over the past year or two. btw just to let everyone know if i would have known the price to build an engine i would have just bought a 2.2 stroker from ats because it would have been the cheaper route.

swapped 3sgte into my celica-1500 then took it out
traded my friend an intercooler setup plus 350 for the rods and pistons
speed source rail 190
880cc injectors plus clips 330
machine work and rebuild by sean 1350
hks 264's 650
ats cam gears 160
mr2 tranny 400
arp head bolts 100
cometic hg 100
rmr intake mani 715
ats valve springs 100
oem gasket kit 220

6165 in parts just for the motor.
this is all that i can think of right now. this doesnt even include all the money i wasted on my celica gt2 and how much money i lost on that car.

 

Cool build man, i thought you were just a dick with an R1

jfwy

btw that information sheet is in Japanese, just to let you know

 

chinese...japanese...its all the same bro. whoever didnt like china sailed to japan. japan, china, all the same!

now a lot could have happend between the two countries within the last couple of years. the hawt asian and japanese girls mite have evolved. the only way to really find out is if i fucked both of them and see whos pussy was better

since japan makes toyota im guessing the japanese pussy is gonna be better

 

We also use Cometic HGs at DC, never had a single problem with them. I would steering people away from reusing / resealing any Cometic HGs, but all in all, we've also had great success.

As for Eagle rods, this would be one of the first times I've heard anything negative about them for a while. In the past, when the 'rods' would fail, the main reason being was due to the rod bolts. Ever since the upgrade to ARP rod bolts, I've not heard anything negative in relations to failing Eagle rods.

 

I'm diggin that last line . Only asian girl i've been with was Japanese so i couldn't tell ya, i stayed with Japan with my car & bike choice(s) too .

So where's pics of the MR2? Is the model you have considered the SW20 or w/e it's called overseas?

 

SW20 is the chassis code. It refers to the MarkII.