Where to get rod & main bearings?

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Lol. I felt you were kidding, but wasn't sure.
Any heat marks on them low mileage one time used bearings?


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From all the controversy here, I think he's going about this rebuild half assed, grind the crank 0.010 under, get bearings to fit, new turbo rods, new pistons, new rings, new cam bearings and sleeve all 8 holes. A Promar rebuilt turbo engine with ARP head studs would cost less.

And it all started.
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From all the controversy here, I think he's going about this rebuild half assed, grind the crank 0.010 under, get bearings to fit, new turbo rods, new pistons, new rings, new cam bearings and sleeve all 8 holes. A Promar rebuilt turbo engine with ARP head studs would cost less.

And it all started.

I found ARP studs for the 7.3 IDI. Which I'm going to use.

A new turbo engine is about $3500 I think..
 

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Your machine shop is out to lunch, I use both king and engine tech. The quality control on kings is second to none. Clevite used to be the best but not so much since federal mogul started gobbling up companies.

King bearings are used in many race engines.
I asked the same questions a few years back and my engine parts guy who has been in the biz for 35 years got me all the info.


And any part will be junk if installed wrong or dirty, etc.
 

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Your machine shop is out to lunch, I use both king and engine tech. The quality control on kings is second to none. Clevite used to be the best but not so much since federal mogul started gobbling up companies.

King bearings are used in many race engines.
I asked the same questions a few years back and my engine parts guy who has been in the biz for 35 years got me all the info.


And any part will be junk if installed wrong or dirty, etc.
I find it so interesting that if a person is told something is *****, they immediately believe it and then perpetuate the the info with more misinformation.

Someone tells me something is *****, I wanna know why, I wanna know more I dig and dig and form MY VERY OWN opinion based on a great deal of information and effort to determine what is what. Now sometimes I find out that ya...they where right, it is *****, or oh my, what a sad situation for this person saying things like that if they only knew the truth...LOL

Kid, do the research for yourself, don't take every single word your mechanic/machinist says as fact, learn about the facts and form your own opinion.

Most of us here have seen and done lots and tend to have some history and knowledge to support the opinions formed based on experience of their own and cumulatively of others, and a fine example....BERU vs any other craptastic glow plug. Ya a beru can and sometimes do swell, however it is much less than the autolites champions and any other brands...why? I'm not an engineer to explain it but based on my own observations and those of others the PREFERRED plug is a beru, will others work sure...So cumulative experiences tend to carry some weight.

Good luck I sure hope you can find a set of slugs cause honestly, and engine done right is so freakin sweet it's not funny.

And remember we are here to offer advice with a little gentle ;Poke in fun now and then....Your taking on a major project and that's freakin awesome!
 

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I find it so interesting that if a person is told something is *****, they immediately believe it and then perpetuate the the info with more misinformation.

Someone tells me something is *****, I wanna know why, I wanna know more I dig and dig and form MY VERY OWN opinion based on a great deal of information and effort to determine what is what. Now sometimes I find out that ya...they where right, it is *****, or oh my, what a sad situation for this person saying things like that if they only knew the truth...LOL

Kid, do the research for yourself, don't take every single word your mechanic/machinist says as fact, learn about the facts and form your own opinion.

Most of us here have seen and done lots and tend to have some history and knowledge to support the opinions formed based on experience of their own and cumulatively of others, and a fine example....BERU vs any other craptastic glow plug. Ya a beru can and sometimes do swell, however it is much less than the autolites champions and any other brands...why? I'm not an engineer to explain it but based on my own observations and those of others the PREFERRED plug is a beru, will others work sure...So cumulative experiences tend to carry some weight.

Good luck I sure hope you can find a set of slugs cause honestly, and engine done right is so freakin sweet it's not funny.

And remember we are here to offer advice with a little gentle ;Poke in fun now and then....Your taking on a major project and that's freakin awesome!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ford-7-3-7-...Parts_Accessories&hash=item2c7e8564e7&vxp=mtr

I did find new slugs.
 
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