Hi guys and gals, Just read on a site that a guy was runnnig chev 6inch rods in his RB30. Said they had to be machined down and all. Just wondering this because chev rods are relatively cheap over here in NZ and machining is not a worry. Anyone else running something similar to this or heard of this ? Any help would be much appreciated. Tyler Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

OOhhhh, don't know about machining rods down. Wouldn't that take some of structural integrity out of the rod. Just buy some percision motorsports HP conrods. Good HP rating. That's what I'm using & came with a good price. http://www.precisionintl.com/html/pr...torsports.html (http://www.precisionintl.com/html/product/crankshaftcomp/10_motorsports.html)

Everyone used to run chev rods, till they started making Rb30 specific rods in the last 5ish yrs cheers darren

Quote: Originally Posted by Jet R31 [View Post] Everyone used to run chev rods, till they started making Rb30 specific rods in the last 5ish yrs cheers darren What do you have to do to them ?

You have to side clearance them(machine the sides down). Just make sure you get the right ones, Small Block Chevy's have large and small journal rods

Quote: Originally Posted by WAGASM [View Post] What do you have to do to them ? just buy the rite rods it cost more to machine the chev rods then what it cost to buy the rb30 rods

whats a decent set of rods worth for the dirty old rb30 http://www.vpw.com.au/productgroup.a...&PrdGrpID=4223 (http://www.vpw.com.au/productgroup.asp?CatID=938&SubCatID=950&priorCatID=950&PrdGrpID=4223) also came across these pistons on another note... look any good price seems too good to be true? http://www.vpw.com.au/productgroup.a...&PrdGrpID=4189 (http://www.vpw.com.au/productgroup.asp?CatID=938&SubCatID=945&priorCatID=945&PrdGrpID=4189)

http://www.spoolimports.com/content/...B30CONRODS.asp (http://www.spoolimports.com/content/SPOOLRB30CONRODS.asp) spool rods and never have to worry again. at $780 with arp bolts. why would u bother with anything else? "SPOOL RB30 H Beam con rods withstand 48psi, 9500 rpm and 1154 rwhp" enough said

the guy who make that power with them rods snapped a block in half before the rods.

Quote: Originally Posted by [T]Matty [View Post] the guy who make that power with them rods snapped a block in half before the rods. sounds good got them in mine carnt wait to get it going harder wen l finish the car

Quote: Originally Posted by theVLguy [View Post] http://www.spoolimports.com/content/...B30CONRODS.asp (http://www.spoolimports.com/content/SPOOLRB30CONRODS.asp) spool rods and never have to worry again. at $780 with arp bolts. why would u bother with anything else? "SPOOL RB30 H Beam con rods withstand 48psi, 9500 rpm and 1154 rwhp" enough said for what your paying they would want to be good.

$780 for a low volume production high performance rod is too much?

Quote: Originally Posted by [T]Matty [View Post] $780 for a low volume production high performance rod is too much? comes down too what you want to do i suppose, no reason why you cant go 350 rwkw on standard rods. i sure as **** dont need any more! is there any inbetween rods? surely argo etc make rods for the rb30? what about those ones form vpw seem pretty cheap compared

the red maatouks car (porkys) runs spool rods and runs 8.74 and hasnt had a problem

Quote: Originally Posted by Tomo [View Post] comes down too what you want to do i suppose, no reason why you cant go 350 rwkw on standard rods. i sure as **** dont need any more! is there any inbetween rods? surely argo etc make rods for the rb30? what about those ones form vpw seem pretty cheap compared I wanna get 300kw out of my n/a before it blows and I do something with it. Just gotta get the 'right' set up.

Quote: Originally Posted by WAGASM [View Post] I wanna get 300kw out of my n/a before it blows and I do something with it. Just gotta get the 'right' set up. yeah ditto, going to start building something in the mean time.

its not really worth doin it any more mate. i got em in mine, but that was like 5 years ago. u need 6" sbc, small journal rod. small end bush needs to b replaced with a 21 mm bush. sides of rods need to b machined down along with the bearings, and crank needs to b ground to suit the bearing journal size of the rod.

Stop being a tight ass Tyler Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by Tomo [View Post] whats a decent set of rods worth for the dirty old rb30 http://www.vpw.com.au/productgroup.a...&PrdGrpID=4223 (http://www.vpw.com.au/productgroup.asp?CatID=938&SubCatID=950&priorCatID=950&PrdGrpID=4223) also came across these pistons on another note... look any good price seems too good to be true? http://www.vpw.com.au/productgroup.a...&PrdGrpID=4189 (http://www.vpw.com.au/productgroup.asp?CatID=938&SubCatID=945&priorCatID=945&PrdGrpID=4189) $198 would be per piston

Howards...