found these while browing around... Connecting Rods for VQ30DET Crankshaft

supposedly for use with the Crank Shaft VQ30DET 73.3mm Stroke 50mm Rod Journal

 

cool find.

 

So someone with a VQ35 would put in a VQ30DET crank and rods and make a 3.2L? I know that the VQ30DET has stronger rods than the VQ30DE and the VQ35 had a bad batch of rods or something but would this really be a good idea for a VQ35 engine builder. I can definitely see good potential for VQ30 builders.

 

from what i thought the det rods werent much better than the de rods

 

those are not DET rods. Those are carillo forged rods. Thats the price per a rod a think.

 

http://www.nissanperformancemag.com/july03/goughary/

 

Carrillo makes a light weight Pro-A rod that are cheaper then their beefier Pro-H rods for the VQ35. I don't see anything listed for the VQ30, at least in their Product list.

If they make Pro-A rods for VQ30s, that would be awesome.

 

I talked to carrillo yesterday and they do not have rods for us but will make them after I sent them the piston specs.

and speaking of jim goughary
http://larrio.maximaclubca.com/350ZDYNO1.jpg

 

Larry,

Ask they what bhp their Pro-A rods would support.

 

which one do you want

CUSTOM Roller Bearing Bottom End
or
CUSTOM Plain Bearing Bottom End

they've already told me that the rods I want for NA build up will not work with a turbo setup. Something about tensile strength.

try their form alex:
http://www.carrilloind.com/contact.html

 

I think PLAIN bearing.

Tensile strain will be greater on a NA high RPM motor, so that doesn't make sense.

I'm sure their Pro-A would be plenty for 400-450whp, if stockers can.

 

Is the price really $300 per rod for the DET rods? I didn't realize that forged rods were that expensive. I would assume that if they were to get a new crank and destroke your engine that the rods would be really strong.

 

anything a little bit beefier than than the stock rods would be able to support 500-600 whp.

 

i think most people order custom rods from other companies for about 100$ a rod

 

That is what I thought. Even if you were to get them to get them to fit the DET crank they wouldn't be much more expensive than the ~$100 a rod. That is 3x the price. I couldn't see spending $1800 on just rods unless you were going for some MASSIVE power goals.

 

You can get VQ35 Pauter rods for <$1K.

 

you can not get custom rods for $100 each. if they were that cheap everyone would but custom rods.

 

if you call around you could probobly come pretty close notice i said about

and dont be jelous because us VE guys can use any VG30DE rod or piston like the eagle h beams for 529$ a set

http://www.cdpautomachine.com/ecatalog/importrods.html

but according to the 300zxtt guys the stockers have been proven reliable at 600hp so im not to worried

 

why am I jealous? I have called the cheapest anybody has quoted me was like $219 a rod.

 

im kidding about the jealous part but man 219 a rod

i know people have gotten custom rods made for the vq30 but i thought they were alot less than that

 

thats why I am saying SGP sells a massed produced rod for 1099 for 6. The best deal so far has been with the group deal recently at my350z.com. I think they got them for $600-$800.