i am trying to do a low cost engine rebuild for a customer (more on the build after i have it all finished). from some of the things i have seen lately (with my own eyes) i believe the connecting rod is a sound piece as long as you don't get carried away with the motor. but the rod bolts left something to be questioned. so i contacted arp and they did not have a direct part listed. so i gave them all the deminsions and they said they had one that should work. i got them today and they look good to me. if anyone is interested the part number is 4AM1.850-2U. you will need to order 16. i will take some slack for this but they fit a toyota, but i don't care. as long as they work i am fine with it, lol. UPDATE: this morning i pushed all the pistons in an found a small problem. on the #8 piston (which is the last one install) i hit a snag. the inboard side bolt hit the oil galley in the block. i removed all the rod bolts and shorted the head by .050" now the is plenty of clearance.
No clearance issues with the longer head on the bolt? What about the thread count? Looks good, and if it works, saweeeeeeeeeeeet.
I was going to post a clever reply here, but it involved Ron's mom. Seeing that Ron is so old. I can only assume that she is deceased and that would be disrespectful.
actually, if i am not mistaken, rons parents are very much alive and in good health..... soooooo what smart ass comment were you thinking of adam????? go ahead spill it...... i don't think ron has put anyone in prison for awhile....... either that or banned anyone...... sooooooo really adam, go ahead and say what you are thinking!!!! lol btw ralph, nice find....... and even better way of getting more rice in our diets!! lol
lol Yup, very much alive and in great health. So Adam, whatcha thinking? (goes to dust off the ban button, but can't remember where it is...)haha
i went and measured the torque section of the factory bolt and these are less then one full thread shorter. adam, i am sure rons parents are nice people. he's just a bad apple. hahahahaha. ron, we are waiting on parts. you won't even reconize drews car after it gets the Show & Performance make-over. hahahaha. it's getting more then just a motor.
He's gotta finish off your mom before he gets back to finishing the motor. :ronlove: Please don't send me to Connection prison...again.
You guys leave Ron's folks alone.... geeeesh, they have a hard enough time dealing with the cards they were delt in the form of a son... Yep.... that BLUE 671 blower sticking through my hood will look sweet! Oh wait... he said a limited fund project... guess I'll have to wait on that mod...
nice. shit paint, install and wire halos, custom switch panel, motors, meth kit, billet tech under hood kits, and fuel system upgrades. we do it all. hahahaha
