Quote Originally Posted by Sexc86 View Post
With rods i belive most if not all H-beam rods (eg EAGLE) require your block to be machined (notched) so the crankshaft can actually turn around. If not the H beams will not clear the internal block just under the water jacked. (lookup D16 SOHC block Notching for forged rods) You will see what i mean.

You would most likely need Ibeam (crower) or Xbeam (scat) to not require any block notching... This MAY mean you can do a bottom entry sump install.

Crower and Scat > Eagle. But much much more expensive.

Best just build your block properly man if your gonna open her up. Budget... vitiars pistons + eagle rods are very good value and some setups on turbod16 are even running close to 400whp
Yeah man

I've been look'n at

Bottom End Kit
http://fjdistributors.com/product_in...roducts_id=170

Forged Con Rods Need Notching of Block
http://fjdistributors.com/product_in...roducts_id=269

Rated to make about 450whp