why do people hate eagle rods

[NashMan]

well i bean looking around and alot of people don't like them why is that



reson being i can get a set for fairly cheep


i herd about the stock arp bolts are junk thear w3as a thread on sf about them


cause i wana get rid of my stock race preped rods

 

[IJ.]

If you can believe their advertising and specs they're very good rods at a budget price.

 

[Justin727]

haven't failed me

 

[suprarich]

Old wives tales. The arp rod bolts in all modern Eagle rods are 3/8 bolts. Much stronger than the stock replacement arp's for stock rods, and loads stronger than the stock toyota bolts.

 

[AJ'S 88NA]

I guess they have different rods. I have eagles and they are a "H" beam type with ARP studs. They came with my stroker kit and they are SB Chevy's, don't know if that makes a difference. I couldn't say you can get the stock size in the "H" beams. They looked pretty stout to me, and they are lighter than the stock ones.

 

[fstlane88]

FWIW, I helped work on a 542 BBC that had a Eagle rotating assembly, and J&E pistons. On motor it made 1000hp, and had a Fulton dual stage nitrous kit on top of that, so in all the motor was making around 1600hp. Where I'm going with this...every time the motor came back to us, it had melted a piston, so that's is what we'd replace, still to this day, to my knowledge the bottom end on it is still intact. I guess I could add in, if it makes a difference in anyones opinion, that this was an 1/8th mile car, a 5.20 1/8th mile car.

Personally I wouldn't ever hesitate to run any of their stuff.

 

[cuel]

They came with my stroker kit and they are SB Chevy's, don't know if that makes a difference.

How odd... I have a set of stock rods out, and was talking to a friend about polishing and balancing. He commented on how similar they are in dimensions to SBC rods, and thought maybe I could interchange them if I could find the right ones. Seems stock(Toyota) are pretty close to 6", just have to see if the ends are the same, or maybe get SBC pistons that fit in the 7m... Still have some research to do.

 

[bmoss85]

i think the stock 7m rods are 5.7" cant be 100% sure though.

 

[AJ'S 88NA]

How odd... I have a set of stock rods out, and was talking to a friend about polishing and balancing. He commented on how similar they are in dimensions to SBC rods, and thought maybe I could interchange them if I could find the right ones. Seems stock(Toyota) are pretty close to 6", just have to see if the ends are the same, or maybe get SBC pistons that fit in the 7m... Still have some research to do.

Not sure if the length is the same. another thing to consider is the dia of the journal, wrist pin.

 

[NashMan]

close 5.894" but eagle rods are not that much money

i think the stock 7m rods are 5.7" can be 100% sure though.

 

[Poodles]

the reason eagle rods are looked down on is because they're not as good as many of the others on the market...

I wouldn't hesitate to use them myself, but it's come down from the MKIV crowd and saying they they're weak and they fail at the bolts...

 

[NashMan]

fuck it i am going to get a set
when the time comes around

 

[Doward]

:rofl: No offense, but I haven't met many MKIV owners that I would trust to work on my '88 Accord, much less trust them with internal engine work

 

[Intothenight19]

:rofl: No offense, but I haven't met many MKIV owners that I would trust to work on my '88 Accord, much less trust them with internal engine work

Hahaha.......:biglaugh:

 

[madsupra88]

Rods are perfectly fine, all you gotta do is get rid of those rod bolts, and get you some arp L19. and you should be perfect

 

[TurboWarrior]

:rofl: No offense, but I haven't met many MKIV owners that I would trust to work on my '88 Accord, much less trust them with internal engine work

soooo true they usually have the money to pay someone else.

 

[IJ.]

:rofl: No offense, but I haven't met many MKIV owners that I would trust to work on my '88 Accord, much less trust them with internal engine work

Same goes for the huge majority of Mk3 owners sadly......

 

[shaeff]

i think it was chris bell (flubyux2?) on SF and here that made an informative post about them. if i recall correctly, he said that they have to be shotpeened before use, and after that, they're plenty strong.

i'm just puking this out from memory, so please don't quote me on it, but i'm almost certain that's what i read.

 

[2543arvin]

I have the eagle rods and have no complaints, for the money I think they are a nice alternative to stock prepped rods.

 

[Doward]

Eagles are shotpeened from the box.

As for Eagle's quality, the strength has never been in question for me - only the tolerances of machining.