[TR] TR6 connecting rod dimensions

[tom white]

For those of you that might be interested hereare the dimensions of the
Carillo 6" Chevy 350 rods I have.

Center to center crank journal to wrist pin = 6.0"
Crank journal hole = 2.223"
Wrist pin bushing = 0.927"
Thickness at mid shaft = 0.622
Width at mid shaft = 1.26"
"H" beam construction

Best regards,
Tom

> From: triumph at 2simpleusa.com
> To: triumphs at autox.team.net; 6pack at autox.team.net
> Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 15:46:06 -0400
> Subject: [TR] TR6 connecting rod dimensions
>
> After seeing how a Chevy rod could be used in a TR4, I've been doing a
> little looking around, and have seen some rods by Eagle that "might" be
> close ... I don't have the actual factory dimension for the rods, so
> wondered whether any had actually done some really good measurements?
>
> I have the following nomial sizes and wonder ig anyone could verfity the EB
> ones (Mk. 1 eyeball with digital caplier assistance!) .. the BM ones are
> from the Bentley manual.
>
> Rod between centers: 5.8" (EB)
> Small end bore: 0.937-0.938" (BM)
> Wrist pin dia: 0.8122-0.8126" (BM)
> Con. Rod bore: 2.015" (EB)
> Crank Pin dia: 1.8750-1.8755" (BM)
> Rod thickness: 0.9" (EB)
>
> In case anyone has gone down this path ... the Eagle Ford Zetec log rod
> looks promising 5.7", 2.00" and 0.927" and at $320 for 4, a real deal!
>
> Tony Gordon
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