forged rods or not?

[john-paul]

hi,

Im trying to get all the parts together for my engine build for my throttle bodie conversion. At the moment i have HI-comp forged piston and trying to find some arp bolts. Now I am just wanting to know if i would be better off finding forged rods for the build or will oem rods with arp bolts be ok?

thanks

[Ryan]

Depends on the cam profile and what you want to rev to.

[john-paul]

havent thought about cams yet tbh. But probs be 708`s and dont know how high to put the rev limiter
forgot to say its going to be my jp4 that its all going into not the j4

[Ryan]

No need if you are only running mild cams like 708s.

Obviously they make for a stronger engine but depends on the budget, personally if you are fitting forged pistons I'd be looking at cams like 734/ph4.

[john-paul]

what rods would be best and I will need to wait till the engine is stripped to get the size of the crank befor ordering them