Any interest in billet forged rods?

[e55amgrocket]

As most of you know i'm doing a complete rebuild and going for a lot more power. I can get Oliver Billet Rods for an extremely good price but need to order 3 set to get a good price and 6 sets would put us at an even better price. Any interest?

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[GT-ER]

Why would you swap rods? Unless you are looking to get 1000+whp I really don't see the oem ones being a problem.

[e55amgrocket]

Originally Posted by GT-ER

Why would you swap rods? Unless you are looking to get 1000+whp I really don't see the oem ones being a problem.

Because that's exactly what im going for OEM one's are strong but like everything else they have their limits. Ahmad broke a factory rod although the s/c 55k rods are a little better (no pin oiling hole in rod)

[tooFATtoDRIVE]

What sort of cost are we talking about here?

[e55amgrocket]

Between $1500-$1800 depending on how many are ordered.

[GT-ER]

Originally Posted by e55amgrocket

Because that's exactly what im going for OEM one's are strong but like everything else they have their limits. Ahmad broke a factory rod although the s/c 55k rods are a little better (no pin oiling hole in rod)

Ooohhh....my goodness...lol. Can I assume you are going turbo or just a big shot of nitrous?

[e55amgrocket]

Originally Posted by GT-ER

Ooohhh....my goodness...lol. Can I assume you are going turbo or just a big shot of nitrous?

Sleeved block, at least 5.7L, found some extra in the heads and going with bigger valves now that the bore will be a little bigger, custom cams, possibly a tiny bump in compression, whipple in the future plus a healthy shot of spray for when i really want to go fast

[Sir-Boost-a-Lot]

Did you have any other work done to the block other than sleeving it, like welding up the deck?

[e55amgrocket]

The sleeves will close the top of the deck in adding strenth to the block and keeping the cylinders from deflecting.

[blackbenzz]

I would be in for a set but i'm done with Mercedes

[e55amgrocket]

Originally Posted by blackbenzz

I would be in for a set but i'm done with Mercedes

Come on don't give up now!!!

[BBBSS]

What do you plan on doing to hook that kind of power? You're gonna end up ice skating down the track unless you can stuff a bigger tire and some suspension work under that car. Any way you can get the front shocks to go soft and adjust the rears independently maybe? 4000+lbs on a small tire and 1000rwhp is gonna be a handful down the entire track. Can't wait to watch and cheer you on though!

[e55amgrocket]

Originally Posted by BBBSS

What do you plan on doing to hook that kind of power? You're gonna end up ice skating down the track unless you can stuff a bigger tire and some suspension work under that car. Any way you can get the front shocks to go soft and adjust the rears independently maybe? 4000+lbs on a small tire and 1000rwhp is gonna be a handful down the entire track. Can't wait to watch and cheer you on though!

I've had some experience racing drag radial class and back then that was on BFgoodrich drag radials and we were going low 8's@165 so I've had some practice getting down the track. The weight will help in this case. I wanted to put coil overs on but at the same time I like a challenge so I'll stick with true stock suspension until its holding me back. My old best was a 6.59 in the 1/8 so if it hooks up with an extra 150-200hp I should be in the low 6's in the 1/8 and break the 9's easily. Next problems will be trans shifting correctly and a shift to 4th in the 1/4 unless I rev it to 7600rpm which is what I believe the plan is now. Good rods and found A LOT of weight reduction in valve train.

[S13REMI]

while im not interested in the rods, i really hope you provide us with a decent build thread filled with lots of pictures lol

[e55amgrocket]

Originally Posted by S13REMI

while im not interested in the rods, i really hope you provide us with a decent build thread filled with lots of pictures lol

I'm not very good with computers and uploading pictures so very doubtful. I've sure got a lot of ideas though.....

[PACougar]

Which sleeves did you go with? I'd like to see how they close the deck.

[e55amgrocket]

Originally Posted by PACougar

Which sleeves did you go with? I'd like to see how they close the deck.

http://www.darton-international.com/midinfo.html

[PACougar]

Thank you, those look very cool! Would you mind saying or PM'ing me the price for the sleeves and what you paid to have them installed. Thanks again.

[e55amgrocket]

Haven't got them installed yet and not sure on price either. Darton said another 4 weeks. They've said that for last 3 months also FYI. Hopefully its 4 weeks this time and i can get the ball rolling again.

[PACougar]

Originally Posted by e55amgrocket

Haven't got them installed yet and not sure on price either. Darton said another 4 weeks. They've said that for last 3 months also FYI. Hopefully its 4 weeks this time and i can get the ball rolling again.

I've been there before, more times than I's like to remember. I excited to see how it turns out. Now go crack the whip!

[tooFATtoDRIVE]

Originally Posted by e55amgrocket

I've had some experience racing drag radial class and back then that was on BFgoodrich drag radials and we were going low 8's@165 so I've had some practice getting down the track. The weight will help in this case. I wanted to put coil overs on but at the same time I like a challenge so I'll stick with true stock suspension until its holding me back. My old best was a 6.59 in the 1/8 so if it hooks up with an extra 150-200hp I should be in the low 6's in the 1/8 and break the 9's easily. Next problems will be trans shifting correctly and a shift to 4th in the 1/4 unless I rev it to 7600rpm which is what I believe the plan is now. Good rods and found A LOT of weight reduction in valve train.

Can you elaborate more on this one please?

[e55amgrocket]

Originally Posted by tooFATtoDRIVE

Can you elaborate more on this one please?

There's a good amount of weight that can be reduced in the valve train. The lighter the valve train is the better it does with higher RPM and less things to worry about in the valve train going wrong at higher RPM. Should be able to lighten the rotating assembly some also but not going to worry about that much honestly.