I kept the stock rods because they have oil squirters in them. I just added ARP bolts on the big ends. You will need to rebore your big ends after doing this.

Hi oldeskewltoy, could you explain why the stock port flow 'goes flat' at over 7mm lift? Is it the valve size or the stock ports or the head design? I have a big port running 288/10mm tomei procams and when I rebuilt it I stuck with standard size valves ( supertech) and silvertop throttles because I...