You know you guys are to biased. I went to these guys shop and saw their cars. Alamo autoports isn't the friendliest of people but they know what they are doing. I would order from them cause they are a shop and I have actually been there and dyno tuned my car their as well. Please stop hating on things you know nothing about. id put a 100 bux they have ran 34psi of boost on the setup if they say they have.

 

oh BTW they offer great support as I had a question after the dyno and they answered my question as soon as i called.

 

If a reputable vendor was within 50 bucks or so of what I can find them for online the I would purchase from them. I am having a local shop assemble the short block. It's the same shop that did the short block on my z32 and I'm very happy with it as well.

 

I didnt even realize that Alamo was the vendor. His ebay user name didnt indicate that. Sorry.

 

hey sharif is the arp head and main stud kit that you sell for $400 good enough for what I am wanting to do? Also It looks like most of the rod kits come with arp rod bolts, are those good enough? I've got about a million questions but still learning about these engines.

 

The ARP rod bolts included with the Eagle rods are fine. However, i would not use the standard ARP head studs..even with low boost. You would be better off using stock head bolts, if you are planning on a low power build up. Otherwise, use the ARP L19 head studs that we sell.

 

And do I need the arp main bolts as well or is stock ok? I'm pulling the engine right now and hope to get it running in a few weeks.

 

What is your definition of "low power"? Under 550?

 

My

1. Go with the Eagle Rods. They're perfect for your power goals and regardless of what you hear, they're very strong rods.

2. Ditch the Arias pistons. Standard Arias pistons have weak piston rings. Weisco pistons are actually better than the standard Arias set IMO.

3. ARP main studs cheap. Peace of mind is priceless.

4. L19 head studs FTW. Standard ARP head studs fall into the same catagory as the Arias standard pistons IMO.

5. HKS head gaskets. Cometic is almost as flimsy as the stock ones...

Setup (depending on EMS) should easily break into the 500's without issue.

 

ok, I think the same guy sells a wiseco/eagle combo so maybe I'll take a look at that. I have the greddy emanage and j&s safeguard. Not sure what else I'm going to need.

 

We do not use Standard ARP head studs at all. We even had head lift on the race track with a normally aspirated engine build...believe it or not. We switched to the L19 headstuds at 92ft/lbs, and the car ran cool and strong all day long.

I was just saying, that given the choice between standard ARP and stock headbolts, you would be better off with stock head bolts.

 

I have also been to alamo motorsports. They are not the nicest people but they sure as hell know what they are doing.

 

ACTUALLY, Eagle rods are almost perfect. when my machine shop guy stopped by my shop last night, we were talking about it, they are weighed and balanced damn near a half of gram of each other. you can always tell when you get a set back and you look at the bottom of the rod.

Eagle rods usually dont have any material taken off at least 3 of them..

 

what head gasket was being used in the scenario?? just wondering

 

What is the cheapest you can do the rod/piston/L19 headstuds combo?

 

same here, give me a price on eagle rods/wiseco or arias pistons, L19 head studs, arp main studs, hks head gasket.

 

PM's sent to both of you.

 

[edit]Cosworth Gasket. The car we did, suddenly became a track only car. So it spent it's life on the circuit course, at 5000-7200rpm continuously. probably woulnt have been an issue on a street car, but the circuit course tends to quickly uncovered cooling and other misc issues.

 

Hey Sherif... PM me the cheapest you can do with rod/piston/L19 headstuds combo too... but I want 10.0 of comp. on the pistons if is posible... thanks!

P.S. I want around 540 whp tops!

 

I say you get it from a vendor, and if possible a local vendor to you. When I got my arias pistons, arias put a wrong size pin in the set, and my vendor (Performance Factory) swapped the pin the same evening after hours just to help with my time constraints... buy from vendors ftw! Don't go by website prices, sometimes they can come down depending on all kinds of things...