fast_96GSR Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 i have a 96 GSR and i plan on building it and running it NA for a year or two but then boosting it. Should i save some money and buy type r rods cause i heard they can hold up alot of crap, or should i spend the extra and get a set of eagle or somthing right away? thanks for the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SexyH22 Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 what are your goals? how much boost? what size turbo? how fast you wanna be? etc... we need a little more information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justaddboost Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 you need rods that can hold up to a specific torque rating. upgrading to type R in my opinion wont do any good. afterall honda didnt really have torque in mind when designing the motors . find some good aftermarkets. SSR might have more information for you on aftermarket rods. if not just call around to reputable dealers, ask them their experiences. james Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..SSR.. Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 Type R rods aren't any stronger than any other B series rod. They are just made to handle high RPM better. If you will be on these rods for a year or two, I'd replace them when you go turbo just because of fatigue. I don't care for Eagle rods very much, they don't like to go above 8,000. Crower, Manley, Pauter, etc are good high end rods. RM has the only "low end" rods I would use. Crowers Econo billets are just rebadged Eagles. PM me if you need any prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fast_96GSR Posted December 14, 2004 Author Share Posted December 14, 2004 I planned on never running more than 10psi. Thats makes alot of sense, that the type r rods only handle higher rpm. How much do a nive set of crower rods run? I am probably going to have to get different pistons too, i baught SRP forged pistons, but the compression ratio is like 10:1 or somthin like that. With low amounts of boost do you think these will be ok? Do you think i should ust stay NA. I am pretty undecided. Thanks for all your guys help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..SSR.. Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 10:1 is fine for 10psi. If you want to stay NA, definitely go higher. 11-13:1 is good depending on where you live and how capable yourtuner is. I carry CP Pistons and RM rods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fast_96GSR Posted December 14, 2004 Author Share Posted December 14, 2004 How much, and where can i get those rods that you use, SSR. Would they be good for my application? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..SSR.. Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 Can't advertise on here (like I haven't). I'll shoot you a PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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