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carrillo's just seem a huge step up... i mean there's the 350rwkw and then there's like the carrillo's at 600rwkw... we need to find a 450rwkw rod. 350rwkw is easy to reach with a 3lt block and 450 is a happy medium, high enough power to be very reliable, but not so high that you are spending mega bucks

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yeah i'm interested in the chevy ones too... i think that carillo rods are a bit beyond what i'm aiming for. I'm going for plenty of low-mid range power rather than all out topend. And once you pass the 320rwkw or so, the gearbox and other parts start to need looking at and i can't afford to do that!

Ah well Im aiming for 450rwkw at arounf 1.0-1.2 bar, If i get power hungry I want to make sure I done need to gringe every time I give the car a boot full, so Carrillos are the way I am going besides at around $1100 + machinng which is around $600 your not far off $2,400 for the carrillos, and if you do ever need to rebuild you can just buy one carrillo not 8!!!

The 2.5, 2.6 and 3.0 rods are all different in length. You will need to decide what capacity you want the 3.0 will make the same power at lower rpm and it will tend to last longer. If you go 3 litre then I assume as you, me and GiHOr33 will want RB30 Carrillos we will get a fair discount

Jordan

Update: Ive was given a hint. I found Oliver rods they said that they would suit a supercharged small block making 1100HP at 8,200 rpm. This is the same cylinder presure as a RB30/31 making 750/800Hp so hence they say these will do they are $125 US a rod which makes a set $1,500 Australian, allot cheaper than Carrillo what i want to know is how good they are, maching to make them suit will cost around $400 i guess so $1900 all up

Sydnekid or anyone else know about these rods and how good they are???

GR8NES/700

Hi GR8NES, what do I know about Oliver...........

* Oliver make good stuff, been around a long time

* used a lot in Nascar

* the rods are "I" beam

* they come standard with ARP rod bolts

* I think it's Trust that sell rebadged Oliver rods (and charge twice as much)

* they make forged and billet rods in three weights, standard, lightweight and super lightweight

* a set of 6 light weight, forged "I" beam, unmachined rods with 7/16 ARP 8740 rod bolts should be around $A1200 plus freight

* for about $A15 per rod extra you can upgrade to the ARP 2000 3/8 rod bolts

* my personal preference is their standard weight, billet, "I" beam, unmachined rod with 7/16 ARP 8740 rod bolts. Used them in a couple of Chevy speedway engines, no problems.

Never used them in a Skyline engine, but no reason why they would not be OK for the job.

Hope that helps.

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