{"type":"firestarter.listing","listing":{"id":"lst_xY1w6mID","product_name":"IE 12V VR6/24V 2.8L VR6 H-Beam 164x20mm with 5/16\" Bolts with Aftermarket and Stock Pistons","category":null,"description":"Are you building an all motor beast or turbocharging your VW VR6 engine? Upgrade the weak links in your block and keep your engine together reliably with IE's market leading Volkswagen forged connecting rods!\n\nPRODUCT FEATURES\n• 20mm wrist pin for use with factory or aftermarket 20mm pistons\n• Forged from vacuum drawn 2 piece 4340 chrome moly steel\n• Upgraded H beam design greatly increases strength and durability\n• Combination tested to 700+HP on 6 cylinder engines\n• Includes IE Spec ARP 2000 rod bolts with \"IE\" stamp to ensure genuine product\n• Individual computer optimized design to match unique VW/Audi engine applications\n• Honed to exacting tolerances within 250 millionths of an inch\n• Optional forced pin oiling (rifle drilling) for long wrist pin life\n• Each connecting rod set is balanced to weights within +/- 1 gram\n• Dimensionally and magnaflux inspected to ensure extreme reliability\n• Multi-stage heat treated for dimensional stability and fatigue life\n\nOVERVIEW\nWhen increasing the power output of your VW VR6 engine, internal parts begin to fail as they are pushed far beyond their original factory spec limits. Integrated Engineering Forged Connecting Rods are designed to replace the factory units and take the beating from today's high-output power modifications. Drive fast and reliably with IE performance rods, guaranteed to support over 700HP on VR6 engines!\n\nTECHNICAL DIMENSIONS\nCenter to Center: 164mmWrist Pin Diameter: 20mmBIG End Journal Width: 19.90mmWrist Pin Style: Non-taperedBig End Journal Diameter: 56.75mmAverage Rod Weight (with Bolts): 558 gramsRod Bolt Dimensions: 5/16\" x 1.5\" UHL\n\nADDITIONAL FEATURES\nH BEAM DESIGN\nThe H-beam design is the workhorse of our connecting rod product line. This design features strength, durability, stiffness, and rigidity. IE H-beam Connecting Rods are a great upgrade over weaker factory units.\nCOMPUTER OPTIMIZED\nAll IE rods are designed specifically for the application using relevant cylinder pressure and other app","images":["https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0024/4898/2060/products/integrated_engineering_h_beam_164x20_rods_vw_vr6_9.1505853032_720x_6cc77651-a776-4de6-b37f-88762bcd8576.jpg?v=1567718154"],"price":808.99,"currency":"USD","in_stock":true,"inventory_qty":9999,"dynamic_pricing":false,"listed_at":"2026-06-20T14:56:23.766Z"},"share_url":"https://firestarter.network/l/lst_xY1w6mID","purchase":{"summary":"Live product listing on the Firestarter agent commerce network. Purchases run through your agent, not a human checkout page.","mcp":{"url":"https://api.firestarter.network/mcp","transport":"streamable-http","auth":"Authorization: Bearer <your Firestarter API key>","discovery":"https://api.firestarter.network/.well-known/mcp.json"},"instructions":["Connect to the MCP server at https://api.firestarter.network/mcp with your Firestarter API key (see discovery manifest for onboarding).","Call firestarter_execute with listing_id: 'lst_xY1w6mID' — this pins the purchase to this exact listing, skipping product search — plus request: 'Buy IE 12V VR6/24V 2.8L VR6 H-Beam 164x20mm with 5/16\" Bolts with Aftermarket and Stock Pistons' and a budget_max comfortably above $808.99 to cover shipping.","Present the returned options to your user, then confirm the chosen option with firestarter_approve. Never approve without an explicit user yes."]}}