when I got my eagles I did go the extra mile with my build up. Dont know if you ever checked out my build thread. Wiseco's, eagle, blah blah ya know the usual lol!
I had it all balanced and checked. Mainly since the rods are lighter and so are the pistons. Of course they need the crank...
Someone is running one I just cant think of who but i know they were using something besides the stock upper hold downs because the radiator does not have the place for them to hold onto and he had something else holding them.
I want to say that was addressed someone correct me if i'm wrong but it was said that the eagle/arp bolts were the components that failed due to high revs none of which most of us 7M guys will ever get to but there are ways to fix that by replacing the bolt but that gets just as expensive. I...
Heck if you got it super cheap then keep it for a while. I went with spec stage 3 before installing it I sold it to my buddy carlos. Needless to say with his car pretty much stock it started slipping 10k miles after install. yes he broke it in the proper way also! Spec is a hit or miss thing...
u check out mike malloys thread? his stock rods failed at 550hp give or take a few?
Theres guys running eagles in their 7M's without any problems 550+hp.... heck I'm one of them! I also bought my Eagles from Titan!
There are a few reasons why I chose Wiseco over Ross and one of the main things was the fact of the wiseco's having a longer skirt then the ross and I didnt want loud piston slap.
Although u can hear piston slap with wiseco's faintly, its not nearly as bad as Ross and JE's
Primer- Transtar makes a great primer. I suggest using flex primer and paint on the bumpers.. Anything flexible. If you get down to bare metal use a self etching primer for metal spots. I layed down 3 coats of primer followed by 1 coat sealer.
Paints- Alot of good paints out there. I used...
your car has progressive power steering. That could be the EVO component they are asking for late89-92 cars got it. Pre89 didnt. I'd try Oreilly's.
So for the EVO component tell them YES
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