rmn 0 Posted January 12, 2004 Ok, i have asked before and was told that the g60 roads are the strongest vw ones. I am afraid that i might bend one when playing with setups on the engine (lots of boost :lol: ) has anyone gotten steel rods or titanium ones? It may sound like overkill, but as someone once said to me, you can just leave it alone and not worry about it! ANyone any ideas? Thanks Richard Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beavis 0 Posted January 12, 2004 LOL They are darn strong. Another option is 'Arrow' forged rods which are the 'Daddy's, but they do cost a little more that the set of forged pistons sitting on top of them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rmn 0 Posted January 13, 2004 Alright steve, you have most of the bits i need, so when are you going to have some prices for me???? But seriously what ort of money are you talking? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RACK 0 Posted January 13, 2004 I was thinking along these lines too, because I'm planning on a 1.9 bottom end with forged pistons, and was thinking what con-rods to use. Will the standard ones be strong enough?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rmn 0 Posted January 13, 2004 Apparently the G60 ones are the strongest ones vw made! But you cant beat piece of mind Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henny 0 Posted January 13, 2004 I was thinking along these lines too, because I'm planning on a 1.9 bottom end with forged pistons, and was thinking what con-rods to use. Will the standard ones be strong enough?? I'm using standard G60 rods in my 1940CC G60. The general consensus of all of the tuning companies I talked to before the rebuild was that the G60 rods are adequate for just about anything until you start sticking in silly amounts of boost. 8) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rmn 0 Posted January 13, 2004 I'm using standard G60 rods in my 1940CC G60. The general consensus of all of the tuning companies I talked to before the rebuild was that the G60 rods are adequate for just about anything until you start sticking in silly amounts of boost. 8) Silly amounts of Boost you say!! :lol: That might be a plan :wink: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GazzaG60 0 Posted January 13, 2004 whats silly amounts of boost? im not in that predicament but peeps need to know what they can get out of the standard ones. id say that the amount of power that your gonna generate on a 8v with a Glader wont break standard rods. havent some of the yanky doodles done 16vt conversions with 300WHP on G60 rods and forged pistons. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites