Richard Anderson Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 Dave Andrews has advised me that I should be able to buy some steel rods for a K-Series from a company called Farndon (I think?). Does anybody have the contact details for the company? Or anywhere else where I could get them from? Cheers, Rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilyhands Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 www.farndon.com Oily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Bees Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 Quite a few people using Arrow rods, here. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilyhands Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 Indeedy, the Arrow and Farndon rods are both excellent products. Oily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EFA Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 Certainly for the VX, Arrow rods are lighter. I have seen some Arrow rods for a K quite recently and they looked to be of very high quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Corb Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 The arrow ones do look nicer- they have bushed small ends for a start, the farndon ones are just machined in the parent steel. Traditionally this has restricted the Farndons to taking a press fit pin which makes rebuilds tricky. I asked Farndon about modifying my rods, they offered to install a bush but it was quite thin and couldn't take a groove so I doubt they'd be of any benefit. It is possible to machine the Farndons to accept floating pins but they haven't got enough meat on the top to allow them to be drilled for an oil feed. There is only one engine I know which works like this (Honda S2000). Anyway, for now the rods are residing under my bed until the current motor needs attention... Also on the Fardon topic, I asked them to quote for a new 1.8 crankshaft, I got a fax back which was a little distorted (our duff machine) but I think it says £1100exc vat. Sounds cheap to me? BC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Bees Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 Farndon have produced a number of different spec K-series cranks Bob, at least one of which was a tractor-weight variant IIRC. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EFA Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 A DKE crank for a K is less than £1100 plus VAT I believe. DKE is in a different league to Farndon for the VX - I saw Count's Steel DKE crank and was alarmed it retains 8 counterweights but I guess there is good engineering reason for this. All the Farndon cranks I have seen look rather "meaty".... Edited by - EFA on 28 Nov 2005 12:46:33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Walker Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 I have both Farndon crank and rods fitted to my engine and both are very good products. the Rods are EN24 steel and are H section carrillo pattern with bronze bushed little ends. They can supply interference fit little ends if you require them. Doug Kiddie made a crank for my K it was useless .after waiting 6 months for him to make it the crank was not cross drilled as ordered, he had machined grooves around the mains to get around the problem, the crank pins were undersized, the crank was so heavy it better suited a tractor and the counter balance weights fouled the block. Apart from these minor defects it was ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Anderson Posted November 28, 2005 Author Share Posted November 28, 2005 Thanks for all the excellent info! :-) So, am I right in assuming that only the Arrow rods will accept fully floating fitting as standard? Thanks, Rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilyhands Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 Err no, interference and bushed little ends are available on both types. Oily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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