viciousknid

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Does brand and material matter much when picking out rod bearings.

I'm putting together a stock LQ4 for a friend and was wondering about the bearings. I have Clevite main bearings so I just need Rings and Rod bearings.

O'Reilly's has Sealed Power sets for $28 but Summit Racing has an SRB set for 12.95

I don't wana put junk in it

budhayes3

iTrader: (19)

I think that Federal Mogul makes the factory stuff, Sealed Power and Clevite are good brands...never heard of SRB. 1Bear posted a bunch of cam bearing info not too long ago, and is extremely knowledgeable, if you don't get a lot of hits in this thread shoot him a PM and he won't steer you wrong .

HEADHUNTER92

they make coated bearrings as well that i use in my sprint engine. pretty pricey tho.

viciousknid

iTrader: (8)

SRB is Summit Racing Brand. I think I'll just get sealed power from O'reilly's. I don't want to dump a lot of money into the engine but I don't want to build junk. The guy buying it likely won't be upgrading it to a monster power maker. He'll be happy with a stock 6l and a cam.

I'll use Clevite in my 370 build.

JS01

iTrader: (10)

ACL or Engine Pro brand

budhayes3

iTrader: (19)

Durabond makes coated cam bearings...I was interested in those until I found out that they're not as wide as the Federal Mogul/factory cam bearings...

HEADHUNTER92

thats less friction tho just like using small journals or get custom ground crank and bearings made. we,ve even taken some rods and main and narrowed them down alittle. oooopss better wtch what i say given away to much now

budhayes3

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Ha ha...I'm takin notes! Don't worry, I won't tell the other guys down at New Egypt

HEADHUNTER92

hey bill this might be alittle off the topic here,but,can you install the needle bearing set up in these newer engines like we can with the older blocks we use ? just curious

budhayes3

iTrader: (19)

I'm not sure, there's no kit that I've heard of...