B16, B18, B20
By HeikDiesel
#324577 You should always check the journal for roundness when using ARP hardware on mains/rods. If they are not round they need to be line-bored.
By Low for life
#324579 Well seemed good an the motor has been running strong an holding through v tech but wanting to make sure it's ok in the long run
By bks84
#324595 as long as they were installed correctly, the engine should be perfectly fine. if however corners were cut and things werent checked, then you could have issues, in the long run.
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By kylenjdm93
#324602
bks84 wrote:as long as they were installed correctly, the engine should be perfectly fine. if however corners were cut and things werent checked, then you could have issues, in the long run.


well your both right....

arp have been known to pull head threads, and warp main journals, you have to go slow be calm and take your time with arp products, remember arp bolts have twice the tensile strength your stock bolts do, with this being said the strength and pressures these bolts exurt on your aluminum block is insane!

if you did not cut corners no warpage will be in your future, hope you plastigauged everything.

just because a machinest says they are all standard does not make it so, plastigauge everything, check and re-check, many people just throw this stuff together torque it down and think they are good to go.

some get lucky some not so lucky.

the difference in Honda engines is also insane, the d,b,h engines have a 2 part crank system, the k has a 3 part.

3 part meaning the main girdle is bolted to the outside of the block as well as the inside next to the crank a mass amount of support, no worrys with arp here.

the b series engines old ass b16 and ls, b20 engines have individual crank caps, the gsr and other than old as crap b16 have the middle left and right (3) cap girdle and individual out side ones.

correct me if im wrong been a while since I played with anything other than a k.

so back to the point of arp, you will be fine if you took your time friend.