Just sat there looking at me daughter thinking!

Why is there no middle player for the con rod market!!??

I mean theres one hell of a diff in price between std con rods and steel jobbies! .....i mean doesnt no one make like a middle man for the con rod market!

i mean std conrod £15 steel £175! thats one hell of a jump! surely someone must do like an intermediate for say £80!


Just a thought!


plz note i dont often think about these things while looking at me daughter i was just thinking of a way to save money cus shes spent it all!

 

no else thought that then?

 

i cant belive i am the only person to have thought about that!

 

 

 

get them shot peened?

 

get std one shot peened? what does that involve an how does it work?!

 

shot peening,basically fire loads of ball bearing type things at the con rod which compacts the outer layer of the metal and strengthens it!(something along those lines,not a pro but thats how i think of it!) costs very little,get it done at a decent engineering place,my local is oselli racing.

 

cool! thanks for that!

 

 

 

james, here you go mate,a real description: http://www.abdeburr.com/Shot_Peening/shot_peening.html

 

thanks matey!

 

try and make a rod for cheap money

thats the reason there is no middle player

 

Whats the cost of having 4 rods shot peened?

 

I-section rods are usually cheaper (remember they were for hondas anyway) and would be the middle player. better than standard but not as good or dear as h section.... iirc

 

well where can you get I section and whats the diff???? except for being named two diff letters!

 

std ones are only cheap cos they're mass prodced in huge volumes. there's no middle player cos to make one in limited numbers is gonna cost you shed loads for the production method (forging, machining or whatever) and the material cost is only a small portion of the total cost.