jibberjive

So would you put rods in an engine in pristine condition with ~52kmi, or would you buy one with higher mileage to build and sell the pristine one (for hopefully more than the one you bought)? An older one could easily have whatever repaired/refreshed rather easily and alot of the same gaskets would have to be replaced anyways as preventative maintenance in the 52k-er if I were to build that. The only modification would be rods and new bearings.

I ask because I'm contemplating getting rods, but I feel it's a waste to do this on an engine that I looked so long for (and paid a premium for) and made sure it had good maintenance and low miles.

If you were in my shoes, what would you do?

pink shrimp

what size turbo are you putting on that you want the rods in btw?

AvantS4me

You can easily and safely put 500 whp down with a stock block and internals.

avant22

There are many incidences of 460-470whp motors bending rods, but good tuning is important to avoid that. I just think that you are rolling the dice running over 450~whp without rods.If you contemplate going stage 3+, IMO sell the motor, rebuild an older cheaper one.

pentosinjunky

outside of the car. Take your time doin' stuff, cams, heads...it will enable you to get what you want without the pressures of your only motor needing to motivate your car.

ricestang

Sell everything including the car and buy a stage 3+ car.

NJRickD

I did. Wanted to do it right as best I could with err'ing on the safe side.

canyoncarver2

From my research 500 wtq will bend rods.

SLPR S4

with over 150k miles let's say, you would also want to replace the heads. I would more than likely want to do RS4 heads but if you wanted to use stock heads and try to get 100 - 150k miles out of it, you may want to just you that 52k block.

AvantS4me

WMS has tuned several cars that put out more than that, reliably.