is 200 mile too short for a service?

[Steve_Farrimond]

Thanks to Father Crankshaft the postman I received these today

 

 

now I need to come up with a reason to justify fitting them. cars only done 200 miles since i last had the sump off and serviced it.

[Norman Verona]

Why not wait for winter and drive the car now.

[1313]

Do you want me to fit them for you Steve

[Steve_Farrimond]

I agree Norman. It's a winter job, can guarantee ill find an excuse to do it earlier

[Bubba]

not meaning to hijack this thread but what benefit will you get from these?

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

It's a safety measure. Much stronger rod bolts will take the greatly increased loads on the con rods when you start upping the power output and revving the engine harder and higher than uncle Henry designed it to do.

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

It's in a similar vein to people fitting uprated/heavy duty bearings etc. They don't necessarily contribute directly to increased performance, but they do help the engine to last longer with the increased loads you're now putting on it.

 

For example on mine, I have heavy duty main and big end bearings, ARP big end bolts, main bearing cap bolts and fly wheel bolts. It's also using replacement steel con rods. Plus lighter, higher compression pistons. Arguably only the pistons in that list make a direct contribution to performance - dues to the higher CR, but the others all allow the engine to rev much higher than intended, which in turn, with the cams I use, allows the engine to develop much more power than when it rolled off the production line.

[Steve_Farrimond]

yea! what he said