About us

Then to now (and beyond)
Arrow Precision was set up by David Arnold in 1974. He saw the need for a small, quality engineering company that could deliver an excellent product and give great service. Working in the heart of the British Motor Industry, it soon became clear that there was a need for competition connecting rods. David oversaw the development of an excellent product and soon customers were requesting other items. The company has gone from strength to strength, now producing many high quality race car components. The name of Arrow has become synonymous with a wide variety of motor racing success stories.
Ian Arnold, David’s son, is moving the company forward, introducing new quality and production systems, purchasing new machinery and recruiting from one of the highest quality employee pools in the world. Turnover has trebled in the last six years, but Ian is still maintaining a firm grip on the company's founding principles: quality, service and cost.
Arrow Precision's future is firmly in the motorsport sector. Our experience with performance steel H and I section connecting rods has allowed us to develop ultra light titanium rods, one piece roller-bearing rods for use with split cranks and custom forged rods for cost effective production runs. Other stock products include nitride hardened cam followers, valve guides, flywheels, tappet shims, spring retainers and seats.

Family run, client driven
Arrow aim to forge a partnership with you, our client. This gives us a greater understanding of your needs and helps us create a product to match! You are continually pushing the boundaries of performance, and we can respond by using innovative production methods and a rolling development programme. We can help you stay ahead of the competition.
Come to us with existing rods or written spec, our design team will use the tensile and reciprocating load data to produce a comprehensive drawing of your connecting rod, including material specification and dimensions for your appraisal. Materials are sourced here in the UK. Nickel and chrome alloy steel is vacuum degassed (to ensure minimum inclusions) and from this, seven stock rod forgings are produced. Every facet of the forging will be machined ensuring the removal of edges that are potential stress raisers. Each rod is rumbled and peened, further reducing potential weakness and giving the ultimate surface hardness and finish.

management & staff outside our plant near Leicester

Commitment to quality
Adherence to ISO 9002 enables us to monitor materials and processes from beginning to end, guaranteeing a reliable, quality product. Arrow rods undergo thirty different machining operations with continual recorded sample inspections. Our magnaflux unit tests each of our rods for flaws, and prior to despatch, a full sample inspection and 100% visual is undertaken. Connecting rods are most susceptible in the fastening system. Arrow Precision work closely with ARP to ensure correct bolt application. If used correctly, ARP fasteners will out-perform any bolt currently available in the world.
Arrow Precision manufacture components for World Rally, Le Mans, F3, Superbikes, Classic/Vintage, Touring Car and many more. Our huge experience allows us to apply precision techniques in making a range of high quality automotive products and we have been privileged to manufacture for many of the major players in world motorsport. From 'custom' to production, from vintage to Le Mans, you need Arrow at the heart of your engines.

the stand at the NEC in January

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