Thread: Hi Guys, have a connecting rod question

Hi All,

Just disassembling a GTI-R engine and have new rods to put in. Now I see that the original rods have an oil hole on the top end of the bearing portion but the forged rods do not. I also notice that other rod manufacturers do not have this oil hole in it either. Any thoughts? Should I still use the new rods?

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Thanks in advance.

I would say if you checked with other manufactures and they all do not have hat hole then yes it is ok to run them.

^^^^ this. What manufacturing company u go with

Hi, I bought a set of Brian Crower as they had an off the shelf connecting rod for the GTI-R. The bearings fit well too, but I was just wondering about the hole in the original ones. BC said it was ok to use.

my eagles dont have them

And everything's all good?

yup, tons of people run eagles no problems

Ok, thanks for the help guys.