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Hello All,



As sad as i am i have been looking through ebay at what is being sold for the starlets ;). I have noticed meany times that that forge pistons go for about 500 and the conrods go for about 400 hundred for the forge ones. I saw some on ebay which i have never heard of before for 200 has anyone seen these or used them before?



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Conrod-for-Toyota-Starlet-Turbo-EP82-1342cc-4EFTE-89-96-Con-Rod-Bielle-SALE-RPF-/131475196230?hash=item1e9c884946:g:Kk8AAOSwg3FUmORk




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By who?

I have seen them being used in a few folks builds. They are maxspeeding rods. Plenty of people have asked about them on here already if youd care to look. Im not going to go through and find exact names!

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must be good then if people are willing to use them. Sometimes makes me think if you find something half the price then the regular used ones are they any good.


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I have got a set for my 5e build. There is also a lot of lads from across the water using them, as far as i can tell someone was running 400bhp on a 5e with them. (Obviously using the 5e variant before some smart ass comes along)



Phil. has used a few sets without fail as well.


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Quite a few people have used those maxspeed ones from what i can see, they are in essence a copy of a SCAT but with skinny bolts like pauters.

Id run SCAT's, thickest bolts, safest for big revs. You just need to notch your block.

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Quite a few people have used those maxspeed ones from what i can see, they are in essence a copy of a SCAT but with skinny bolts like pauters.

Id run SCAT's, thickest bolts, safest for big revs. You just need to notch your block.

Bolts aren't an issue, its not like you'll be revving the motor to the moon because the volumetric efficiency of the engine drops right off.

Besides, the smaller the bolts the better, less mass to rotate.

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people of the internet lol.

I'd spend the extra and get some pauters or something

Alarm bells start ringing when something £250 cheaper than the real McCoy lol

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Mmm mcoys

£250 less there's got to be something that's been scrimped on?

Steak flavour mmm I could be wrong they might run sweet no issue's things that are new and expensive do brake I just know they won't be going in my 5E ho ho ho

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Exactly, presumably you're not going to be scrimping. A forged builds a roughly a couple of grand, so you're going to scrimp on one thing. No sense to me.

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No one has a reason not to use them other than they cost less so must be shit? Not considered the other companies charge far too much? Or that the big brands use the same rods and just have their name etched on then charge alot more because ' they must be good they are expensive'

They seen common across alot of cars with good reviews haven't yet read anything bad

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They seen common across alot of cars with good reviews haven't yet read anything bad

I have seen posts on forums that people who have submitted bad reviews (maybe on a turbo etc) have been contacted by max speeding etc to remove the post.

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