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Originally Posted by DorkMissile
Well unfortunately the weight of everything goes completely out the window if you change rods. If the rod weighs the same weight in Grams as the OE rod, but it heavier on the little end, and lighter on the big end, it is pretty much a crap shoot without rebalancing IMO.
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My GPI rod had a scary amount of metal removed from the small end. As you can see from my other post drop-in at least IMO are good to 850 engine HP, above that I say get some thick I beams and so real forged pistons (aka heavy) with much lower ring lands.
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