Ebay con-rods

[soothingduck]

Anyone ever used these rods?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Conrod-Volvo-850-T5-C70-V70-2-3-Pleuel-connecting-rod-/400485205689?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item5d3ec746b9

Price is good but they are in china.
I have a few weeks till I need them,so I can wait

I think they are the right ones for my pre me7 v70 t5

[cherry1809]

Some people slate them without having tried them. Pretty sure Blackbeast ran them at 450bhp with no problems :)

[soothingduck]

Some people slate them without having tried them. Pretty sure Blackbeast ran them at 450bhp with no problems :)

Should be ok for me then lol as I'm not going to get over 300bhp

[Sweep]

Coming from the Ford scene I know of a few people that ran cheap rods no problem, but it's definitely worth having them weighted and balanced as some of the sets are frighteningly out of balance.

[Wobbly Dave]

You don't need forged rods to achieve 300 bhp.

[WOODY T5]

i 2nd that dave

[soothingduck]

You don't need forged rods to achieve 300 bhp.

I had no intention of buying rods but when I posted on here all I got was "you would be stupid not to put forged rod's in it" The engine is due to be rebuilt soon.

[Wobbly Dave]

If you are rebuilding it then sure why not, while you have the box open. Depends on budget, but how far do you go?

[soothingduck]

If you are rebuilding it then sure why not, while you have the box open. Depends on budget, but how far do you go?

I am Dave and the budget just seams to be getting bigger and bigger :(
My intentions are:

2.3 pre me7 t5
s60r exhaust manifold
16t turbo with angled flange
3" downpipe
2.5" cat back
white injectors
and a remap (maybe hlm)
ported head

[claymore]

That's all pretty much bread and butter mods, you won't need rods for that, and a hlm 304 ecu would be fine. It would need a custom map to get anywhere near 300bhp from that spec.

[soothingduck]

That's all pretty much bread and butter mods, you won't need rods for that, and a hlm 304 ecu would be fine. It would need a custom map to get anywhere near 300bhp from that spec.

I dont have a BHP target, its just that my engine is as slack as ****
So I thought I would add a bit of umph with with some better parts and a rebuild.
Should I just use new big-end bolts then?
hlm 304 got it :)

[Wobbly Dave]

To my mind you have 2 paths. If you fit rods & overhaul an engine then you may as well do it all properly = 2K >> 2.5K pounds plus turbo plus fitting & then mapping or just do externals only.

If you want to hit 300 then just bung a 19T on it, with the supporting mods (dp, catback etc)

or better still just ignore me so I can get back to work & not worry about these things.

[soothingduck]

I reconned the turbo last year so all is good there.
I just need a new actuator/recirc now

I would agree with 2k spend but i'm trying not to go over that if I can.

[claymore]

If your engine is tired I would just buy another engine, much cheaper than rebuilding yours, my car had done over 220k miles before I started to mod it.

[soothingduck]

If your engine is tired I would just buy another engine, much cheaper than rebuilding yours, my car had done over 220k miles before I started to mod it.

I don't want to buy a new engine I want to rebuild this one.

[oblark]

Some people slate them without having tried them. Pretty sure Blackbeast ran them at 450bhp with no problems :)

That's what I believe as they are in my project engine :)

[siamblue]

If this was my engine and i was splitting it,then i would fit new rods and shells with new rings and oil pump,then you can forget about it.then in say 2 years time you want more ommph then you only have to fit a bigger turbo and a map unless you want to have super ommph then you are looking at a bigger IC and a diff amongst other things.

[cherry1809]

Coming from the Ford scene I know of a few people that ran cheap rods no problem, but it's definitely worth having them weighted and balanced as some of the sets are frighteningly out of balance.
Seconded.

[soothingduck]

The site does say they are "Weight Tolerance: Balanced to +/- 1 gram in set"

If not item would be not as discribed and would be returned for a refund,as per Ebay rules.

[cherry1809]

Without digging out threads, I'm sure Blackbeast did weigh them, and they were pretty spot on!
As a side note, if the OP is after a ported head :D

[mitchyboy01]

Nearly all the other branded rods originate in China anyway. They will be fine. Many people on various forums running China rods no problems.