1.6 turbo diesel H-beam rods - page 2 - IDI Engine - VWDiesel.net The IDI, TDI, and mTDI source.

• #15 by jtanguay on 14 Aug, 2009 16:18
• they better come balanced.
• #16 by Rabbit on Roids on 14 Aug, 2009 16:19
• within 1 gram of each other. i would balance them more.
• #17 by Syncroincity on 23 Aug, 2009 19:02
• $500 isn't bad for those, that's about what the 1.9 rods cost. Has anyone contacted them about shipping? Some companies are leery of shipping to the US (Brickwerks, for one) because of liability issues.
• #18 by macka on 23 Aug, 2009 19:11
• Quote from: Rabbit on Roids on 14 Aug, 2009 16:19

  within 1 gram of each other. i would balance them more.
  

  
  if you can get them within 25mg of each other they would be the cats ass for B&B engines. IIRC thats what the tractor pull guys use as the max, and they run cum aparts at 9k rpm on average per pull.
• #19 by VWSmokr on 23 Aug, 2009 23:47
• Quote from: BlueMule on 14 Aug, 2009 13:11

  ... It is my observation that peening, polishing, balancing and rod bold upgrade should be good enough for most of the motors built "round here. 
  
  
  How important is it to upgrade the rod bolts (ARP?) in a turbo rebuild if not planning to go over 15-20psi? My 1.6 assembly is all balanced no; will replacing the stock oem rod bolts with ARP's be likely to throw it off enough that it should be re-balanced?
  
  
  J.R.
  SoCal
• #20 by Alcaid on 24 Sep, 2010 03:42
• Did anyone end up trying these rods?
• #21 by bugnut on 29 Sep, 2010 17:46
• I asked about these rods and I found the price diff. from the pauter and these to be $250 and they are made in china.  So I went for the pauter rods.  I ordered them 3 weeks ago.  Still have 4 weeks till they get here.  There were none in stock so I am getting them right off the press.  Will take pictures when they get here. 
• #22 by rabbid79 on 29 Sep, 2010 20:09
• Pauter's should be awesome!   I look forward to the pics of these.  Money well spent right there.
• #23 by Alcaid on 30 Sep, 2010 03:40
• The Pauter rods are cross-beam/X-beam, aren't they? Wouldn't the H-beam design be superior in strength?
• #24 by rabbid79 on 30 Sep, 2010 05:16
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  The Pauter rods are cross-beam/X-beam, aren't they? Wouldn't the H-beam design be superior in strength?

  It's the same old discussion.  Maybe.  But I've never heard of a Pauter rod failure.  When you look at the construction of a Pauter X-beam rod, espcially where the main body of the rod meets big and pin ends, you'll realize just strong the rod is.
• #25 by Alcaid on 21 Dec, 2010 23:26
• Quote from: Alcaid on 24 Sep, 2010 03:42

  Did anyone end up trying these rods?
  

  
  Bumping this one, anyone tried these?