Building your VW Golf VR6 engine for the racetrack or high performance? Then you need connecting rods you can rely on 100 %. The Arlows 6x Steel Connecting Rod Set 161mm VR6 ?Short? (H-Beam) made of high-quality 4340 steel (40CrNiMoA) is exactly the part trusted by professionals in motorsport, tuning and custom builds.

The short 161 mm version allows a compression reduction to approx. 8.5:1 without a spacer plate for turbo conversions ? no more head gasket issues! The optimized H-beam design delivers maximum stability at minimum weight. Forged, 3D-designed, CNC-machined, hardened and shot-peened ? perfect for high-revving engines.

- Fits all VW VR6 engines

- Short 161 mm version ? compression approx. 8.5:1 without spacer plate

- Forged from 4340 steel (40CrNiMoA) and CNC-machined

- H-beam for maximum stability at minimum weight

- 3D-designed & CNC-machined for optimal load distribution

- Hardened to HRC 35-38 + shot-peened

- Bronze piston pin bushings with lubrication hole

- High-strength Pro-Series 14.9 bolts (1490 N/mm² tensile strength)

- Rolled threads ? 30 % stronger flank strength

- Tight tolerances (±0.006 mm) and weight-matched (±1 g)

- Only 555 g per rod (stock 665 g) ? extremely light

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