How strong are our stock rods?

And if a connecting rod were to break, what would be some common causes? It's not because the rod itself was too weak is it?

High piston speed breaks rods.

I belive they can handle 200 - 300 whp.

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1995 Eagle Talon (SOLD)
72' SuperBeetle
72' Standard Beetle
56' Deluxe Beetle

from what i was told if you hydrolock you can break a rod too!

98 RS: Mods: Custom Stage 2 Turbo kit , 55mm throttle body, gutted cat, evo cat back exhaust, p/p intake manifold,p/p Head, af-x underdrive pulley, B&M short throw shifter,Built bottom end Je pistons eagle rods 8.8:1 compression.





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Hahn oil line kit
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believe it or not though my car drank a pint of water yesturday and the 7 year old stock rods i have in my car with stood the test, probably just lucky but just thought id mention this as to the strength of our rods

98 RS: Mods: Custom Stage 2 Turbo kit , 55mm throttle body, gutted cat, evo cat back exhaust, p/p intake manifold,p/p Head, af-x underdrive pulley, B&M short throw shifter,Built bottom end Je pistons eagle rods 8.8:1 compression.





Status:Up and running again! nice new paint

Custom stage 2 hahn turbo kit
Hahn Super 16g turbo (ceramic coated)
Hahn manifold (ceramic coated)
Hahn Downpipe assembly
Hahn intercooler piping smic
Hahn oil line kit
Type s bov
2G Gsx smic
walbro 255 fuel pump
Synapse missing link
Vortech s-fmu
NGK Bkr7e11 Plugs
A-pillar w/boost, a/f, oil pressure gauges


New Addition: 2007 Eclipse GT 6 speed

these rods are good for stock engine running n/a with not going above 9k rpms. powder forged isnt that stong.

I heard our rods are good up to 400HP, I heard our rods are stronger than the SRT4 engines rods. Its funny how our weaknesses are the other engines strengths and vice versa O_o

changed mine out for Eagles though

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I think I saw somewhere that they will fail around 14 psi of boost. I ran over 11-13 psi daily for over a year on stock rods and forged pistons.

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