Billet Connecting Rods, Need your input Options

[cnavarro]

I've been working on our new billet H beam rods in conjunction with R&R Racing Products (manufacturer of billet connecting rods for over 20 years) for both the Porsche and VW. We've already designed and done the geometry for the following rods:

porsche 356/912
porsche 3.2 carrera/3.3 turbo/964

vw 5.000" center to center t1 journal 24 pin
vw 5.325, 5.5" center to centers chevy journal 22 pin
(both of which are commonly fitted to the type 4 crank)

The type 4 products will be retailed through Jake's online store.

If there are any other sizes someone particularly wants and just has to have, call me directly and I can make it happen. If there's a non vw or porsche rod that you just have to have, again, let me know- we're working on mitsu, toyota, etc- the list goes on and on. More than likely, I can lock in the estimated price on these first sets regardless of what they end up costing in the end.

Custom lengths will be no problem, as well as custom beam and bar thicknesses of the H. ARP2000 Rod bolts will be standard, L19 and Custom Age 625+ bolts are available (basic rod bolt price doubles at L19 and triples at Custom Age 625+). The material is a hopped up proprietary 4340 that gets pretty damn close to being in the range of 300M! Rods will be heat treated to 35-39 Rockwell on the C scale (comparable to Pauter and Carrillos) but we're going one step further and having them cryogenically treated as part of the heat treat process.

The $1000 (for four) price tag is an estimate, as we're still working on geometry and parts programs, and not until we actually have the rods done, will we know the true price, but our target is to make a rod that blows a Carrillo out of the water for a little more than a Pauter. The design will be based on a Dyer Top Rod for those who are familiar with their small block chevy 300m rods, as they are helping us through the entire process, as all they make is one sbc rod and they want someone to make the rest of them :-)

I'll be adding more information to my website as it develops. Thanks in advance for your comments and suggestions.

[cnavarro]

Chris, I'll defer that question to Jake as to the legality or anyone else more familiar with what each racing class/group will allow.

The rods shown on R&R's site are just their existing line of aluminum rods. As I do all their web work, I'm still playing catch up and hopefully will have their updates done in the next week or so, including information about the billet steel rods. Good reference though for the quality of their work!