K1 = Carillo rods?
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K1 = Carillo rods?
I am pricing stuff out for the build that starts next week. My rod search is driving me nuts.
I can't find anyone who has Crower rods or a price for them
ETD is out of stock
FM has the carrillo h beams in stock but $$$$
Anyone know anything about K1 Technologies? http://www.k1technologies.com/
I can't find anyone who has Crower rods or a price for them
ETD is out of stock
FM has the carrillo h beams in stock but $$$$
Anyone know anything about K1 Technologies? http://www.k1technologies.com/
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If you are gonna throw money at the Carillo rods from FM, get some REAL rods for less. PAUTER!
http://pauter.com/mazda_ford.htm
They are stronger than the Carillos, and cost less.
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Okay, we all know that people repackage/rebrand things and resell them. I am okay with that and will pay extra for availability / convenience at times.
Let me restate my original question: Has anyone used K1 rods?
I would have bought a 2.0 stroker motor from FM if they had one on the shelf. I am up against a deadline. I picked a bad time to hurt the motor. Solo II National Championships are the 18th and 19th of SEPTEMBER for me. I need to balance cost versus availability. But whatever I buy needs to be good to 400 RWHP. I won't ever get there, but 300 is well within range. When I get the motor disassembled, I will document what 225 or so does to stock '99 internals.
I can get the K1s or belfab rods shipped the day I place the order, which will be most likely next Tuesday after the motor guy gets everything measured.
I know I mentioned other stuff, so...
Let me restate my original question: Has anyone used K1 rods?
Let me restate my original question: Has anyone used K1 rods?
I would have bought a 2.0 stroker motor from FM if they had one on the shelf. I am up against a deadline. I picked a bad time to hurt the motor. Solo II National Championships are the 18th and 19th of SEPTEMBER for me. I need to balance cost versus availability. But whatever I buy needs to be good to 400 RWHP. I won't ever get there, but 300 is well within range. When I get the motor disassembled, I will document what 225 or so does to stock '99 internals.
I can get the K1s or belfab rods shipped the day I place the order, which will be most likely next Tuesday after the motor guy gets everything measured.
I know I mentioned other stuff, so...
Let me restate my original question: Has anyone used K1 rods?
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I work at a shop that SELLS Eagle rods. I have been pushing for Eagle to make them since we talked at PRI. The rods may be similar to what Eagle is now selling, but are not Eagle rods in any way. The Carillo rods look just like the Eagle rods, so maybe Carillo has been selling Eagle rods, too?
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Actually, These K1 rods are the first I've seen with ARP 2000 hardware. I'd be hard pressed to believe all the other ones out there (that coincidentally all came out at the same time) are anything but rebrands of someone's.
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I'm still gonna go with Pauter rods, just cause we are not gonna do a normal build when it comes time to build the motor up.
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Oh really?
https://www.miataturbo.net/forum/showthread.php?t=24874
That link is much more functional... already made
https://www.miataturbo.net/forum/showthread.php?t=24874
That link is much more functional... already made