What are these connecting rods?
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What are these connecting rods?
rmcomprandy June 12th 2013, 10:44 pm
I have a customer who gave me a set of rods to use in his engine; new but, old stock.
They are forged I-beam type with no markings of any kind and look just like a Ford rod except a little beefier around the big end ... stock pressed pin size, big block Ford bearing size and here is the kicker ... they have ARP 7/16" Wave-Loc through bolts which are Chevrolet L-88 replacements with 12 point nuts.
weights are; big end = 589g, small end = 216g.
Who made these rods ... where did they come from...?
They are forged I-beam type with no markings of any kind and look just like a Ford rod except a little beefier around the big end ... stock pressed pin size, big block Ford bearing size and here is the kicker ... they have ARP 7/16" Wave-Loc through bolts which are Chevrolet L-88 replacements with 12 point nuts.
weights are; big end = 589g, small end = 216g.
Who made these rods ... where did they come from...?
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Re: What are these connecting rods?
rmcomprandy June 12th 2013, 10:53 pm
dfree383 wrote:Eagle SIR's?
SIR's listing says those rods have 3/8" bolts.
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Re: What are these connecting rods?
rmcomprandy June 12th 2013, 11:11 pm
dfree383 wrote:I've got a set with 7/16 bolts
The EAGLE catalogs I have must be giving wrong information.
It says that some SIR rods had 3/8" Wave-Loc through bolts and some SIR rods have 7/16" CAPSCREW type bolts with alignment sleeves for easier assembly.
In the 429 & 460 listing it only shows those SIR rods available with the CAPSCREW-style bolts in both bushed and press fit.
Their catalog photos look nothing like these rods around the big end.
Being that these are new, old stock, they may have come like this some time in the past.
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Re: What are these connecting rods?
dfree383 June 13th 2013, 1:42 am
rmcomprandy wrote:dfree383 wrote:I've got a set with 7/16 bolts
The EAGLE catalogs I have must be giving wrong information.
It says that some SIR rods had 3/8" Wave-Loc through bolts and some SIR rods have 7/16" CAPSCREW type bolts with alignment sleeves for easier assembly.
In the 429 & 460 listing it only shows those SIR rods available with the CAPSCREW-style bolts in both bushed and press fit.
Their catalog photos look nothing like these rods around the big end.
Being that these are new, old stock, they may have come like this some time in the past.
Probably right, the set I have on the shelf are probably 5-7 years old. They remind me of a LS6 / L88 rod, but have Ford dimensions.
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Re: What are these connecting rods?
rmcomprandy June 13th 2013, 8:54 am
dfree383 wrote:rmcomprandy wrote:dfree383 wrote:I've got a set with 7/16 bolts
The EAGLE catalogs I have must be giving wrong information.
It says that some SIR rods had 3/8" Wave-Loc through bolts and some SIR rods have 7/16" CAPSCREW type bolts with alignment sleeves for easier assembly.
In the 429 & 460 listing it only shows those SIR rods available with the CAPSCREW-style bolts in both bushed and press fit.
Their catalog photos look nothing like these rods around the big end.
Being that these are new, old stock, they may have come like this some time in the past.
Probably right, the set I have on the shelf are probably 5-7 years old. They remind me of a LS6 / L88 rod, but have Ford dimensions.
That is almost exactly what they look like on the big end and look like 429/460 rods from the beam up.
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Re: What are these connecting rods?
rmcomprandy June 13th 2013, 8:55 am
Frank Merkl wrote:post a pic
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I don't have a photo. They are already balanced and in the engine.
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Re: What are these connecting rods?
Paul Kane June 13th 2013, 12:03 pm
Do you mean OEM BBF configuration but the bearing cap is a double-ribbed cap? Or more of an embossment like the Scat 6.700 I-beam's cap? I have seen Eagle SIRs both with thru-bolts (earlier) and also with 7/16" cap screws (later). I cannot recall what size thru-bolt was used on the earlier rods.
You may recall that Eagle blew out their non-bushed SIRs a several years ago--those had the thru-bolts. When Eagle relased the next production run of the SIRs they had the 7/16" cap screws.
For a while there were similar looking rods out there but I haven't used them, sold under Legend, RPM, etc.
Paul
You may recall that Eagle blew out their non-bushed SIRs a several years ago--those had the thru-bolts. When Eagle relased the next production run of the SIRs they had the 7/16" cap screws.
For a while there were similar looking rods out there but I haven't used them, sold under Legend, RPM, etc.
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Re: What are these connecting rods?
rmcomprandy June 13th 2013, 2:01 pm
Paul Kane wrote:Do you mean OEM BBF configuration but the bearing cap is a double-ribbed cap? Or more of an embossment like the Scat 6.700 I-beam's cap? I have seen Eagle SIRs both with thru-bolts (earlier) and also with 7/16" cap screws (later). I cannot recall what size thru-bolt was used on the earlier rods.
You may recall that Eagle blew out their non-bushed SIRs a several years ago--those had the thru-bolts. When Eagle relased the next production run of the SIRs they had the 7/16" cap screws.
For a while there were similar looking rods out there but I haven't used them, sold under Legend, RPM, etc.
Paul
Well, the customer brought them to me so, I have no responsibility for their quality, only that they got balanced with the assembly and installed correctly.
They measured fine and I was curious to know who or how they were made The SIR rods were always 5140 steel. If they came with 7/16" through bolts in the past, that is most likely what they are.
They did have a double ribbed cap; looking just like a Chevrolet.
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Re: What are these connecting rods?
DJStang June 14th 2013, 9:49 am
I have a old set of the Eagle SIR rods with thrubolts (non bushed pin) that sound similar to what you are describing. I bought them about 8 years ago on a sale for $150 and they are still running in the engine, so i don't have any pictures of them.
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