CALICO COATED ACL ROD BEARINGS Calico Coatings offer an extremely high-quality bearing option for your VW or Audi performance engine builds when installing with your new set of IE Connecting Rods. Each bearing starts out as a premium ACL Race Bearing shell featuring a hardened steel backing. This manufacturing process increases bearing crush for improved shell retention greatly reducing the risk of bearing spin. The increased ovality design compensates for rod distortion during high-RPMs for even further reliability in high-powered street and track applications. This already improved bearing is then treated with Calico Coating's CT-1 Dry Film Lubricant coating to reduce friction and abrasive wear. This provides an incredibly long life intermittent dry lubricant that is very resistant to dust or dirt particles that may be trapped in your engine oil resulting in longer and more reliable life of your bearing surface. FOR USE WITH IE CONNECTING RODS All VW/Audi 4 cylinder IE Rod big-ends are machined to accept these engine bearings. When designing the industry-leading connecting rods, IE engineers chose this bearing design for the improved strength and spin-resistance from the bearing tang. Factory rods do not accept tang bearings and are not compatible, these are for use when installing with IE Rods only. OPTIONAL BEARING SIZES Calico Coated ACL Rod Bearings are available in optional +.001" oversized bearing clearances for engines where the crankshaft may require additional clearance.

The purchase and installation of oversized bearings should be done with extreme caution. ENGINE FITMENT (WITH IE RODS) Audi - A4 1996-2001 (B5 - B5.5) 1.8T 20V Audi - A4 2002-2005 (B6) 1.8T 20V Audi - A4 2005-2008 (B7) 2.0T FSI EA113 Audi - A6 1998-2004 (C5) 1.8T 20V Audi - A6 Allroad 1998-2004 (C5) 1.8T 20V Audi - A6 2005-2011 (C6) 2.0T FSI EA113 Audi - A6 Allroad 2005-2011 (C6) 2.0T FSI EA113 Audi - TT 2000-2006 (MK1 - 8N) 1.8T 20V Audi - TT 2008-2015 (MK2 - 8J) 2.0T FSI EA113 Audi - TTS 2008-2015 (MK2 - 8J) 2.0T FSI EA113 Audi - A3 1996-2003 (MK1 - 8L) 1.8T 20V Audi - S3 1996-2003 (MK1 - 8L) 1.8T 20V Audi - A3 2006-2013 (MK2 - 8P) 2.0T FSI EA113 Audi - S3 2006-2013 (MK2 - 8P) 2.0T FSI EA113 Audi - A3 2015+ (8V / MK3) 2.0T TSI Audi - S3 2015+ (8V / MK3) 2.0T TSI Audi - TT 2015+ (8S / MK3) 2.0T TSI Audi - TTS 2015+ (8S / MK3) 2.0T TSI VW - Golf 1993-1999.5 (MK3) 2.0L 8V engines & 2.0L 16V ABF VW - Golf 1999-2005 (MK4) 1.8T 20V engines & 2.0L 8V VW - GTI 1999-2005 (MK4) 1.8T 20V engines VW - GTI 2006-2009 (MK5) 2.0T VW - Golf R 2012-2012 (MK6) 2.0T VW - Corrado 1988-1995 (A3) G60 & 2.0L 16V ABF VW - Jetta 1993-1999 (MK3) 2.0L 8V & 2.0L 16V ABF VW - Jetta & Jetta GLI 1999-2005 (MK4) 1.8T 20V & 2.0L 8V VW - Jetta & Jetta GLI 2006-2010 (MK5) 2.0T VW - Beetle 1998-2011 (1C - 9C - 1Y) 1.8T 20V, 2.0L 8V & 2.0T VW - Passat 1998-2005 (B5 - B5.5) 1.8T 20V VW - Passat 2006-2010 (B6) 2.0T VW - EOS 2006-2015 (1F7) 2.0T VW - GTI 2015+ (MK7 & MK7.5) 2.0T TSI VW - Golf R (MK7 & MK7.5) 2.0T TSI