paultyler_82

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Well, I'm finally breaking down and hauling the engine out to do a total teardown and rebuild, and while I'm going all motor right now, I may consider the stillen s/c at a later date, and this is the reason for my question. I've managed to find H-beam style connecting rods for the VQ30DE and I was just curious, while I'm confident that they'll stand up to heavy N/A use, I'm concerned as to if F/I, even if only moderate, would cause them to fail... I don't really want to do another rebuild when I decide to go with the s/c, I'd rather just get it bolted on and be done with it. Anyone got any advice?

DA-MAX

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I've seen Eagle and Scat H-beams used in applications well into 500hp in other imports without issues, you'll be fine. but who makes H-beams for the VQ30??

stephenlc

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where did you find h-beams?

DA-MAX

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I'm thinking he might have misread because Eagle does make H-beams for the VG30, but I have yet to see them for the VQ30

Nealoc187

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The stillen SC kit for our cars doesn't have the flow capacity to overpower stock rods, let alone aftermarket ones. Maybe if you upgraded to a different trim you could but the likelyhood of someone doing enough to an SC maxima to make aftermarket rods in danger of failure is roughly nil.

paultyler_82

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How about with a roots style blower rather than centrifugal? It's doubtful I would go that route, but I'm weighing all possibilities.
The reason I ask is that, made out of the same metal, I can't see how an H-beam would be more structurally sound than a solid stock rod.

stephenlc

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mass????????

choray911

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Where did you find a roots blower for the VQ. Are you going to duct tape one from a Lighting? Thats going to take a lot of JB weld.

Nealoc187

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There is no roots blower "for" the VQ as you know. But it has been done. Craig Mack had one on his car for about 4 days before the car got totalled.