Turbo240 Forged Billet KA rods $549.00

[Chris@AMS]

Our new Turbo240 rods are CNC machined from 4340 steel forgings. They are H beam design for strength and light weight. They are then shot peened for improved fatigue life. Small ends are bronze bushed for full floating wrist pins and precision honed. Big ends are precision honed and use ARP 2000 rod bolts exclusively. These rods are the lightest rods available for the KA but have the strenght you need.

These rods were designed for customers shooting for 550 whp or less. Above that level, we still recomend Crower rods (till our extreme duty rod is released). Rods weigh between 600 and 610 grams which is much lighter than stock, crower (680 grams) and Pauter (700 grams) and will reduce the strain on your bearings but the trade off is in ultimate strenght. This is the reason for the WHP rating recomendation.

The primary machining is done overseas but they are finish machined, inspected and weight matched here in the USA. We have 9 sets of rods here in stock that we have personally opened, inspected, weighed, measured, and had sonic checked. We stand behind these rods 100% and are very excited to offer them to you.

We have 25 more sets on order that should be here in 6 weeks. If you dont get in on the initial 9 sets, we are taking pre-orders on the next 25 sets with a 50% deposit.

Pricing is $549.00 plus shipping.

[AmoebAssassin]

This looks like a great product, too bad I'm not going KA-T.

[eddiec]

are these a one time offering (+ the 25 more) or is ams going to stock these for a while??

[Chris@AMS]

We will be stocking these rods.

[KATwo40]

I ordered mine today...but forgot to order the ARP 2000 bolts. LOL I'll get them next week, I guess.

[9sec240]

I ordered mine today...but forgot to order the ARP 2000 bolts. LOL I'll get them next week, I guess.

The rods come with ARP 2000 bolts... I am sorry for the confusion... I will ask Chris to alter the original post (although I wrote it)...

[KATwo40]

Hey hey! That makes my wallet happy!

Thanks.

On a side note...you did get to read my apology post a while back, concerning the whole "crower cams" situation, right? Just wanted to make sure you read it.

[wild_maxx]

OH SNAP! i get paid friday so i'll be ordering a set if you still have them if not... i'll send you guys a 50% deposit to hold a set for me.

Question: I just had my rods balanced to my crank,piston ect... the stock rods weighed 702 grams..... Will my machinist be able to shave enough weight off these rods to match the rest of my balance job? Or will i have to re-balance the whole assembly?

[Chris@AMS]

I'd like to see what your machinist thinks about it actually. I would think that you would want to re-balance the assembly with the new rods. Unfortunatly he wont be able to shave any weight becasue these rods are actually lighter than stock!

Check em out in our online store!!

http://www.amsperformance.com/...=1023

[9sec240]

OH SNAP! i get paid friday so i'll be ordering a set if you still have them if not... i'll send you guys a 50% deposit to hold a set for me.

Question: I just had my rods balanced to my crank,piston ect... the stock rods weighed 702 grams..... Will my machinist be able to shave enough weight off these rods to match the rest of my balance job? Or will i have to re-balance the whole assembly?

Wow... your stock rods were HEAVY... I weighed a set of stockers at the shop along with Pauters and Crower and our Turbo240 rod to make some comparisons... The set of stock rods I had weighed 678 grams, Crowers right at 680 and Pauters at 704.... All of our Turbo240 rod sets were weight matched to less than 2 grams and the sets ranged from 599.8 grams to 612.4 grams... Any way you slice it, these rods are WAY lighter than stock or any other rod on the market for the KA...

Your balance should not be affected much... bob weights are not really nessasary on an inline 4 so your machine shop can match the rod weights to as close as he wants and your good to go...

[9sec240]

Hey hey! That makes my wallet happy!

Thanks.

On a side note...you did get to read my apology post a while back, concerning the whole "crower cams" situation, right? Just wanted to make sure you read it.

Yes and thank you.... To avoid any sort of situation like that again, I personally inspected every one of our rods (9 sets) to make sure we were getting exactly what we wanted and were confidant putting our stamp of approval on them.. I weighed each and every rod to make sure the sets matched, visually inspected every rod, removed the bolts from every rod to inspect the fit and threads, measured the big end and small end bores, I even sent them to our automotive machine shop to have them sonic tested... After all that, I even assembled a motor for Chris's car using our new rods to check fit and clearances.... We have done our homework on this

[DammitBobby]

Hopefully I will be getting my motor out in a few weeks. I was looking at your web site and notice you have the basic rebuilt kit with crower rods. Are you going to offer the same kit with the new AMS rods?

Will the felpro head gasket you offer in that basic rebuilt kit handle 350whp? I am guessing 15 to 20 lbs boost on at t3/t4 with .48ar.

Thanks

[wild_maxx]

how many sets are left? I REALLY hope you guys don't sell out before friday..

[fullthrtl_tech]

i think i will be getting a set in the beginning of july

[fiznat]

Hey Ivan, do we have to use a hacksaw to make these rods fit??

hahaha just kiddin.... lol

[wild_maxx]

OUCH..... that was below the belt fiz!

[wild_maxx]

I'd like to see what your machinist thinks about it actually. I would think that you would want to re-balance the assembly with the new rods. Unfortunatly he wont be able to shave any weight becasue these rods are actually lighter than stock!

I spoke with him today... he said rebalancing the entire assembly wouldn't be neccesary because he got the crank to neutral balance with the fly, and pulley on it. He said just make sure all the rods weigh the same weight.

[Craving4Boost]

Hey Ivan, do we have to use a hacksaw to make these rods fit??

hahaha just kiddin.... lol

LOL

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Hey Ivan, do we have to use a hacksaw to make these rods fit??

hahaha just kiddin.... lol

Foster.... your an AZZ!!!!!!!!!

[9sec240]

Hopefully I will be getting my motor out in a few weeks. I was looking at your web site and notice you have the basic rebuilt kit with crower rods. Are you going to offer the same kit with the new AMS rods?

Will the felpro head gasket you offer in that basic rebuilt kit handle 350whp? I am guessing 15 to 20 lbs boost on at t3/t4 with .48ar.

Thanks

Yes, the plan is to have them as our standard rod in the rebuild kits and have the Crowers as an option... The price of the rebuild kits will go down $150 bux... Untill we get them listed in the kits on the online store, please call the shop to order rebuild kits with our new rods...

The Felpro gasket should hold that HP fine backed up with ARP head studs...

[DammitBobby]

Thanks Ivan. I will be doing business with you soon as I tear the rebuilt 500 mile stock engine down and figure out what is wrong with Cylinder number 2.Compression test1 1702 303 1704 170

I bet you don`t sell to many crower rods in the near future:)

[BlackHat]

That rocks, any news on some KAE love? Maybe a KAE rebuild kit in the works?

[Chris@AMS]

We are out of our initial 9 sets!

We are now taking pre-orders for the next 20 that are coming in. To put in a pre-order we need a 50% deposit. Alternatively, you can pay for them in full and they will ship as soon as we recieve them.

A big thank you goes out to everyone who has picked up a set already.

ThanksChris

[wild_maxx]

A big thank you goes out to everyone who has picked up a set already.

DAMN those sold out fast. Glad i got my order in before they were gone.