{"id":3600,"date":"2020-09-08T08:31:44","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T08:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.maxpeedingrods.com\/?p=3600"},"modified":"2021-07-19T10:00:29","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T10:00:29","slug":"volvo-rods-unboxing-and-initial-thoughts-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maxpeedingrods.com\/blog\/volvo-rods-unboxing-and-initial-thoughts-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Volvo Rods Unboxing And Initial Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Editor\u2019s note:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>In today\u2019s review article, our friends Kenny Howard will take you through the accurate and thorough review on <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3aDvdBh?tracking=linuxman\">MaXpeedingRods Volvo Rods<\/a>. I really like his dry humor which doesn\u2019t seem intentional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.maxpeedingrods.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/170667707.C9O6Xy4d.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maxpeedingrods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/170667707.C9O6Xy4d.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.maxpeedingrods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/170667707.C9O6Xy4d-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.maxpeedingrods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/170667707.C9O6Xy4d-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.maxpeedingrods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/170667707.C9O6Xy4d-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.maxpeedingrods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/170667707.C9O6Xy4d-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.maxpeedingrods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/170667707.C9O6Xy4d-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.maxpeedingrods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/170667707.C9O6Xy4d-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.maxpeedingrods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/170667707.C9O6Xy4d-560x420.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>The folks at MaXpeedingRods reached out to me to gauge interest in testing some of their products, in this particular case, a set of their volvo drop-in rods.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve used similar connecting rods with great results in the past, so I have high expectations for these rods as well. Still trying to track down a suitable engine to install them in, so I can swap out the tired old engine in Project BPU.<\/p>\n<p>Quick deets: ARP hardware (the normal 3\/8s bolts), stock big end width (piston steered), H-beam gnarliness.<\/p>\n<p>They say pictures are worth a thousand words, so I shot a video of the unboxing, which is probably predictably awkward since it was largely stream of consciousness. It\u2019s on my youtube channel and can be found here (watch me handle my rod!):<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe  id=\"_ytid_64372\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"  data-origwidth=\"800\" data-origheight=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GjyZWYS-ku0?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The box itself took a little beating in shipping, it also went to the wrong address. This happens to me on a fairly regular basis actually, so much so that I have the guy\u2019s number and we contact each other when we get the wrong stuff. Apparently in the morning shuffle it\u2019s easy to mix up hall and chase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everything inside though was packaged well and no worse for the wear; this is nicer than some other rods I\u2019ve bought in the past, that will essentially show up tossed in a generic cardboard box and wrapped with that wax paper stuff. There\u2019s an installation guide with torque specs in the box. (which is also nice, although I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll lose it and have to google the torque specs later on as always seems to be the case for me)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I haven\u2019t verified if the big number is the weight of the rod, or just a serial\/day code (seems more likely) but having that on there is nice when you don\u2019t have any other external markings to indicate cap directionality. If you look at the bearing tangs, that\u2019d keep you straight as well, but in the heat of combat, sometimes those details get lost (or, if you take an engine apart and just pile the pieces up in a box for later viewing\u2026. not that I\u2019ve done that\u2026.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rod bolts standard looking arp fare, except they have the company\u2019s name stamped in the bottom as well, kinda cool if you\u2019re into that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.maxpeedingrods.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/170667712.CKCVUujs.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3598\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.maxpeedingrods.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/170667712.CKCVUujs.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.maxpeedingrods.com\/?attachment_id=3598\" class=\"wp-image-3598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maxpeedingrods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/170667712.CKCVUujs.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.maxpeedingrods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/170667712.CKCVUujs-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.maxpeedingrods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/170667712.CKCVUujs-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.maxpeedingrods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/170667712.CKCVUujs-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.maxpeedingrods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/170667712.CKCVUujs-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.maxpeedingrods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/170667712.CKCVUujs-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.maxpeedingrods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/170667712.CKCVUujs-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.maxpeedingrods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/170667712.CKCVUujs-560x420.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So yeah, they look good, can\u2019t wait to get em in an engine for the black wagon, they\u2019ll complement the power goals nicely. It\u2019s been a position of mine for a while now that anyone shooting for power over 300hp, rods should be upgraded. The cost point is increasingly outweighing the risk these days when engines aren\u2019t a dime a dozen in the junkyards anymore, and options like this are inexpensive enough that it should be a no-brainer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do keep the steering in mind when ordering rods (esp if you\u2019re getting aftermarket pistons), we had that guy on FB recently that bought rods and pistons from Sten (or somewhere over there), and they were stock dimension rods, and pistons that were not set up for piston steering, chewed the bearings and rods up iirc pretty much on the first start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another part of the deal that may be beneficial to all is a coupon code for 8% off orders, that code is \u201clinuxman\u201d. May not be a huge value right this second because their May discount is also 8%, but perhaps you can stack the two codes. I may go try that real fast: Mmm sadly no, you can\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The listing for the rods in this review is here:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3aDvdBh?tracking=linuxman\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3aDvdBh?tracking=linuxman<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyway, great looking stock replacement rods with good fitment and a good pricepoint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s note:\u00a0In today\u2019s review article, our friends Kenny Howard will take you through the accurate and thorough review on MaXpeedingRods Volvo Rods. I really like his dry humor which doesn\u2019t seem intentional. The folks at MaXpeedingRods reached out to me to gauge interest in testing some of their products, in this particular case, a set [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":3597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[160,24],"tags":[321],"class_list":["post-3600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-conrods-tuners","category-diy-tech","tag-forged-rods"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maxpeedingrods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maxpeedingrods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maxpeedingrods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maxpeedingrods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maxpeedingrods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3600"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.maxpeedingrods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3603,"href":"https:\/\/www.maxpeedingrods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3600\/revisions\/3603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maxpeedingrods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maxpeedingrods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maxpeedingrods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maxpeedingrods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}