A Q? about rod and crankshaft bearings ...

Nubira2.2 · Post by **Nubira2.2** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 1:14 am

Does Sunbird rod and crankshaft bearings fit into a Nubira engine ???

thanks for your input!

Post by **Efratech** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 3:10 am

Sunbird rods should be very simliar if not the same as yours

GsiTurbo · Post by **GsiTurbo** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 5:36 am

Yes they do. I used high end Clevitte bearings from Sunbird Turbo, VIN M in my T20SED rebuild. It goes for both the main bearings, and the connecting rod bearings.
Keep in mind connecting rod bolts are not replacable - you must use new ones. This may be a good call to get some ARP bolts??

C20GET · Post by **C20GET** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 5:48 pm

How do the 2.0 or 2.2 'Woo rods compare to the Sunbird parts? Stronger? Faster? Able to leap small Hondas above 8500 rpm? I believe the 2.0 rods are 143mm center to center length. Are the 2.2 rods longer?

I'm having a hard time finding many of the 'Woo engine's dimensions, so if any one has a source they'd be willing to share, I'd appreciate it.

Post by **PrecisionBoost** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 7:23 am

The 2.2 rods are very different...... the 2.2L block has a 1cm taller deck height as compared with the 2.0L.

Oddly enough however.... if you use the longer 2.2L rods with the Cavalier 2.2L pistons they end up being almost identical to the 2.0L rod/piston combo.

The factory 2.0L and 2.2L rods in the newer engines are pretty small.... I have some C20LET rods and Tom bought some forged rods for his build up.

PM me your email address....... I have four or five different Daewoo manuals... including the factory master manual for all GM cars between 1998 and 2005.

I have four engines in my garage.... U20SED, T22SED, C20GET, C20LZ and I have a collection of rods and pistons.... both factory and aftermarket ( two sets of forged pistons )

The C20GET and T22SED are disassembled.... so I have most of the parts handy for measurement.

Once my parts arrive I will probalby do some assembly work on the U20SED... but I imagine it's the same as the T20SED.

Tom's T20SED was purchased from me as well..... it was in my storage for a year or two before Tom got everything together for the professional build up (local high performance machine shop that specializes in race engines)

If your looking for better rods..... the IPP TOGA H beam forged rods seem great... and the price is great... $399 USD

They also have the Pauter rods.... but nearly twice the price.... and the machine shop (which has lots and lots of race experience) said the TOGA rods looked very good.

Tom also got the Wieseco forged pistons from IPP.... which are $449 plus the cost of rings.

Pick Opel for the vehicle and you will find all kinds of nice stuff.

http://www.importperformanceparts.net/