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Old 01-10-2013, 05:51 PM
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Just how many connecting rods so you need/want?

Do you just want Mazda rods? or will any con rod do?
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Old 01-10-2013, 06:14 PM
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Yeah I'll get some for you. brb pulling my oil drain plug.
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Old 01-10-2013, 06:19 PM
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Just weld your wastegate shut, much more fun that way
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Old 01-10-2013, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Zabac
Must post pics of end result within a few months, and I'll donate four old straight rods.
Right now I have 3 sets of rods. The first set is from y8s and are bent. The second are a set I just picked up off here for cheap. Then I have the set from my old motor that I plan on pulling. I am thinking I need another 2 or 3 sets, plus a random semi destroyed piston if someone happens to have one of those. I think that I have a 6UL on the way soon, but I am still planning on calling Emilio tomorrow.

Pictures will be posted when I start the build and as it goes along. My welding class starts in a few weeks and I will probably start after I have talked to my teacher about the best way to do it.

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Just how many connecting rods so you need/want?

Do you just want Mazda rods? or will any con rod do?
I was planning on only going with miata rods, because that is all I know how to get for cheap. If you have any badly bent or damage I will gladly take them. Shoot me a pm.

For the design the plan is the have one rod comming off each U on the 6UL. So that is 6 rods there. Then alternate rods rods up until I get to the height I want. With a piston on top holding the bulb.
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Old 01-10-2013, 07:16 PM
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Ill check the scrap pile when it is not raining!

Also you want the pistons off the rods?
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I haz some rodz Larz. Send me PMz.
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I have a vice, a torch, and a hammer...
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I have that dead engine in my back yard. Pick away before I scrap it
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I'm working on a set of bent rods for you right now..
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Originally Posted by Savington
Fae is the only person on this board who I would expect to "blow an NYC artist".
Fixed for accuracy.
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I have sent out a few pms. Still looking for more bent rods. So give them up guys.
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$20+ shipping for 4 good rods (makes me cry a little), one with an attached chipped piston? You can take comfort in knowing that the pistons chipped due to a poorly tuned power card on a supercharged car.
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I have three available. I'm keeping one cause their pretty epically bent. It's going next to the piece of cam I have left when the alternator belt broke and flipped unto the timing belt (no cover) and locked up the motor. Broke the cam in three places.
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Old 01-11-2013, 11:56 PM
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Looking forward to seeing the finished product... Subscribed.
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I have got in 1 set of rods so far.
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Those don't look very bent to me. Are you gonna torch them and bend/twist 'em?
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Originally Posted by rleete
Those don't look very bent to me. Are you gonna torch them and bend/twist 'em?
People have only been sending me straight rods. I think I have 3 bent rods on the way to me now.
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Old 01-22-2013, 04:34 PM
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I received some bent ones today.
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i wanna see this lamp
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Originally Posted by phillyb
i wanna see this lamp
My welding classes start on Saturday, so sometime in February should be when I start.
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