What would you change to the internals if you had to do a rebuild?

[Grim Reaper]

Just curious what you change if you had to rebuild your 3.5?

I think I would want forged pistons (to handle more boost), port the heads and either change the cams or have them ground for more duration.

I think the stock forged rods and crank are fine.

 

[panther427]

If they are powdered metal rods I would want them gone.

 

[FoMoCoSHO]

If they are powdered metal rods I would want them gone.

They are...

 

[panther427]

Hopefully better than the powdered metal rods they used in the power strokes


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[BiGMaC]

Pistons, sleeves, rods, port and polish all passages, heavier bushing/bearings, improved IC (ya' I know it's actually out of the engine), Larger turbos, larger capacity fuel pump and larger injectors, better oil/tranny/PTU coolers and increased PTU oil capacity.... and the list goes on.

 

[Grim Reaper]

Hopefully better than the powdered metal rods they used in the power strokes


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I cannot say about the Transverse V6s, but the V6 used in the Ecoboost F150 are supposed to be forged rods, along with the crank.

http://www.full-race.com/articles/inside-the-ecoboost-f-150.html

 

[4DRHTRD]

CP Carillo rods and pistons, stock block unless you did damage when you broke.
CP Carillo made the rods and pistons for the Ford Racing ALMS car, the ones I had them made for us are stock size or can be .030 or .060 over.
Stock size you can just balance the crank/rods/pistons and slap in the block and go.
The high end setup they rate the rods for 1400HP...

 

[SHOdded]

1400 HP???  At that level, we could run in 4-cylinder deactivated mode 100% and still be close to 400 AWHP

 

[4DRHTRD]

I bought a stock rod and stock piston from a transverse engine and sent it to them for replication, they have sets in stock now ready to ship.
I was way in advance but felt long term it would be the best option, if we had more high HP guys I'd probably build a couple of short blocks and have them ready.
@TunerBoost I also need Tracy to port and polish a set of heads for us so we can offer those as well.
In the future I will be carrying throttle bodies, short blocks, long blocks and heads for people to swap, just waiting for Tracy....