overlord

what bigend and main bearings would you recomend acl or cosworth?

Triple X

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From my understanding the Cosworth ones are ACL but repackaged!

overlord

they are similarly priced cosworth are £118 for bigends and mains and acl from ebay are £100 for big and main

rossi_p

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If you want genuine ACL bearings, I would not get them from ebay.

Pay a little more and make sure you get genuine, esp if you're planning on spending a lot on an engine build.

Apologies to honest ebay sellers but I simply don't trust anything sold on that site.

silent running

Genuine ACL are available on ebay. I bought some. They have the proper packing, proper instructions, proper stamps and IDs on the back. You just don't pay the usual UK mark-up on something that is imported from Australia. I never heard before that Cosworth bearings are simply repackaged ACL, but it wouldn't surprise me in the least. After all, bearings are ACL's full-on business.

Triple X

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Its the same story with their con-rods, apparently they're Carillo rods with Cosworth etched on and repackaged.

silent running

Best and cheapest way to buy expensive parts is to use the people who actually make them. Unless you want to pay for a fancier name. Totally off topic, but if you go in any chemists, you'll see fancy 'Panadol' or similar for £2.50, own brand paracetamol for £1 and cheap packet 'Galpharm' make paracetamol for around 20p. The pricey stuff is chemically the same but looks nicer and is a different shape. The midrange stuff is just the generic Galpharm tablets, IN THE SAME BLISTER PACK, inside a midrange looking packet. The cheap stuff looks like it was imported from Poland, but is identical to the other two for a tenth of the price.

I still can't understand why people pay like £600 for rods over here when they can be had from the big name manufacturers in the US like JE, Wiseco, CP etc for £250 or £300. I mean, OK if your having to pay someone else to do a build for you and they are the parts they stock, fair enough, everyone has to make a living. But if you're doing a DIY build, there's no point paying more than you have to for repackaged goods.

overlord

sounds about right.
whers the cheapest place to get a crank?

silent running

Cheapest I've found is Alyn at AS Performance under £400 and no 'plus vat' nonsense either. His forum name is 'stockcar' and he replies fairly quickly.

overlord

cheers ill give him a try