Speedmaster Ls h beam rods

[LsxBuickRegal1982]

Does anyone have any experience with using Speedmaster Ls forged h beam connecting rods.

 

[Tony1968]

Not exactly but they look just like the Eagle rods I used. I'm sure the manufacturers rebrand stuff to whomever. ARP bolts ?

 

[olds307 and 403]

Measure them or have them measured before installing them.

 

[LsxBuickRegal1982]

Ok they claim to be a rod length of 6.125

 

[LsxBuickRegal1982]

 

[TURNA]

There stuff is hit and miss

Some great some poop

Depends on who is running the machine the day they were made

 

[fleming442]

The name, speedmaster, makes me laugh everytime. It just sounds like a bad Asian translation.

 

[MC96]

The name, speedmaster, makes me laugh everytime. It just sounds like a bad Asian translation.

You mean like?

 

[MC96]

Since changed to "DICASE", they 'churched it up'

 

[81cutlass]

Do they have the LS .940 wrist pin or the SBC .927 wrist pin diameter? Are they floating or pressed wrist pins? All things you have to look at. Stock LS rods are 6.098", those are 6.125. GM changed rod length and wrist pins slightly between SBC and LS stuff, a lot of the unlearned import companies ignore that fact that SBC is close to LS in some ways but everything changed.

They might "fit" an LS but usually by the time you need forged rods (800+ HP) you are going to have so much money wrapped in the build elsewhere (fuel system, safety equipment, driveline) the $300 you save with import rods vs. a set of known quality checked ones isn't worth the hassle.