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Norcy91
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13th Oct 10 at 17:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
What would i need to do to the bottom end of my X16XE to make it stronger? Rod bolts etc, cheers
IvIarkgraham
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13th Oct 10 at 17:41   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
new rods, arp bolts, loads of parts peened!
Norcy91
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13th Oct 10 at 21:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ahh nice one pal!
Norcy91
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13th Oct 10 at 22:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
What would i get peened? And would i need forged rods or just new standard ones?
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14th Oct 10 at 01:34   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
you can get the crank and rods peened

forged rods are stronger
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14th Oct 10 at 01:55   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
exactly why are you needing to make it stronger?

going to be high revving?
Norcy91
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Just interested in finding out what I'd need to do if I decided to go further with this engine
philip2
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14th Oct 10 at 11:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
depends how far, i could supply steel rods with arps, but then yopu would need forged pistons. ive also got a set of forged hi-comp pistons forsale for standard rods too so could run decnet size cams too.

 
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