Hey does anyone know much about rods? I just recently broke mine and i was going to get the Carillo rod and ordered it and paid for it and after a week and a half it never came, so I called up Alba Action sports and asked what the Fu$k was going on... They said it wouldn't be here for 5 more weeks! Boy, was i irritated! So my question is.... would a stock Rod hold up with all i've done to my raptor? I screwed up with the last one by not changing my oil as often as I should've. I have 686 bore kit, 11:1 JE piston, ported and polished, Stage II hotcam, and Yoshimura full exhaust. Will a stock rod hold up fine with those mods?

 

if it broke and didnt wreck everything you are very lucky, I wouldnt count on luck a second time.

Did you try carillo directly? This time of year its tuff to get anything in on time

 

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Would not recomend stock Rod at all. I have a Carrillo Rod but I am keeping it for my rebuild. I heard that they only make them for a short time out of the year. I seen one on ebay the other day. Look at my page and see what happened to my motor. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]

 

The Carillo rod is usually on back order. If you broke your rod I highly doubt it was because you didn't change your oil enough, It's deffinatly because of your build.

I broke mine in the first engine I built up, In this one I got the Carillo rod and so far so good!

 

guy I am thinking to change my stock Rod too. but my problem I am having hard time finding a place here (United Arab Emirates) to balance my crank with the new rod. do I have to balance the crank? I mean what might happen if I don't? Did any of you guys with aftermarket Rods install the rod without rebalancing?


thanks


Ahmed