Having worked on your duratec motor, i can tell you its a drop in the hat when compared to working on the cramped engine bays of a vg30dett motor from a 300zx, or even an 3000gt. Once you guys get your upper intake off things are a breeze. I know your trying to help them out, and i praise for it every community should have someone like you and demon and warmonger. But i just don't see proof that the rods are weak. How do you know thats the razor's edge? Hell 450 ft lbs could be the razors edge... We are talking about maybe 40 ft lbs more and about 75 hp more. How do you know your not at the razors edge? Stress testing?? they won't break or bend if your tuning is in order and don't raise teh rpm limit. If its the boost prssure your worried about don't because if its a huge concern teh rod will not likely bend, your bearings will more than likely go first due to teh pressure pounding down on them. Control preignition and proper tuning and you should be in teh clear. Can someone tell me what the bore and stroke for teh engine is? And how long the rod is? I guess I am a blacksheep, i like to push limits to prove to people that things can be done.
PS: Having seen our old race car blow motors from too much rpm (broke a rod, btw this was in 96, we had the first civic coupe in the 9's as well as the 4th FWD car into teh 9's, we were there ahead of teh game before anyone could test things for us), we have never lost lost a turbo because of it.
300z engine bay
http://www.h3.dion.ne.jp/~mokei/image/z-egup.jpg
3000gt engine bay
http://www.cjbyron.com/photos/engine2.jpg
pray you don't have to work on those....
Pictures of teh old car:
BTW this car was running a t3/t4 turbo 60-1 and made over 600whp. T series turbos hadn't come across teh minds of sporct compact racers until late 98, they thought they were too big to spool. It also did not have a sleeves, and/or diferential spool... Things that you see these days are as constant as gravity...
Thansk again for listening to me, again i mean no disrespect and actually praise you guys for your sucess so for. Just trying to help see you guys go further.
