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Crower makes a connecting rod for our motor d17a(2) , My real question though, If I am running naturally aspirated, will these make a difference or end up hurting me in the long run? My current performance setup consist of

VAFC II(tuned on dyno)
AEM Underdrive pulley kit(My aswell not be on there)
ACT street light Clutch/flywheel(best mod)
FIPK II Intake(carbon fiber filter head(cool))
SKUNK2 cat back(yay)
solo short shift adapter


Here is the link to the crower connecting rods
http://crower.com/cgi-bin/detail.cgi?prod_id=ML93740B-4

 
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The Crower rods are still in production and won't be released until at least May.

 
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On a stockish engine, its not going to make a difference. You shouldn't need stronger rods unless you're either boosting or have somehow found a way to build an all motor monster that revs like a bike.

 
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Who told you that?????? call Crower and place your order for the rods if you want them.... THEY ARE AVAILABLE both the Steel and Maxi Lite version of the rods....
As far as performance wise the maxi lite rods are lighter than stock (better for high reving all motor) which would reduce the amount of force to turn the crankshaft but I'm not so sure you would notice that much difference...

 
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Really, thats funny. Both Exzacc and I called them last week and they told us May would be the ship date.

 
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yea i see what your saying but if they are lighter and resurfaced wouldnt that make a difference?

thanxs, i'm really tempted to get these..

 
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If you're gonna go N/A, and you're gonna get some rods, I'd at LEAST get higher comp pistons and new valves/springs. Then you'd be able to do some higher revving and get some nice power. It won't be too much though if you're goin N/A. I can't remember exactly how much more power you get per raised compression point, but I think it's somewhere around 8% or so usually? Correct me if I'm wrong. I mean, regularly, rods don't need to be done unless you're revving high, because the stress on rods grows exponentially as you rev higher, and they want to stretch, and the rod bolts want to break or the rod could snap or something like that. Realistically, a 350hp turbo'd engine revving to 5k wouldn't need the rods that you'd need for a 200hp motor that revs to 9k.. If you need more specific stuff, since I'm being broad, you could ask and I'll actually look through my books to get real numbers.

 
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Get rods and pistons, and get some like 11:1 compression, then ull get a difference. but rods themselves are pointless, unless ur boosted or ur gunna run higher compression/higher with higher RPM's.

 
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for stage 1 N/A cam, is rods and pistons really needed? is it safe to just run with a cam?

 
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how much is like pistons n stuff for my turbo engine?

 
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anybody?

 
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hehe Yeah your stage one cam won't break your rods or melt your pistons.

 
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finally...thanks for the info.