i am wanting to order carillo rods but company here keep making these really good offers on the k1 and jepiston together. idk what to do, its like 799 i think for the carillo . je piston and k1 TOGETHER are like 1000. its a big different. i understand ppl always says you get what you pay for. but idk just trying to get some opions. and some opions from ppl who has k1 and carillo thank you

 

K1 seem to work very well and you do NOT have to notch the block to fit K1's, while the Carillo's will require notching the block.

 

I use Manley but those are big boy rods. The Carillo and K1 are the lesser expensive H beam rods. They are fine for lower HP levels. If you're going 600 WHP+ then go for the Manley units.

 

By the way custom Wiseco pistons and Manley rods are about $1350. So a bit more than the two above options. Hate JE pistons. Aweful finish on them. Have to do a lot of work on them before installing.

 

I have had excellent luck with the Wisecos on numerous cars over the years.

 

I second that. Wiseco is the ONLY piston manufacturer that has never given me one problem ever. JE quality is aweful and I even had them package things wrong TWICE. Once they gave me 4 left pistons in stead of 2 left and 2 right, and another time they gave me the wrong second rings! I will NEVER buy JE again.

 

Carillo makes H-beams as well. So they too step up to the big boy plate Your choice of rod bolt...

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thank you all