I'll add one more thing. With stock rods at 350hp it will last at 450 maybe fine as well if polished peened etc.. A big mistake I did and others as well is TIMING not cam time or ignition but being in a fricking hurry cause the car can't be down. Back when I was in school, compression was going down and engine was getting tired. I ported up a head and over a 4 day break snatched the head and transfer case off replaced the head and pulled the pistons and rods and replaced the bearings and rings and dingle berry honed the cylinders and threw it back together. We over the years of start and go traffic and numerous bullshit DXD, Centerforce and ACT clutches the thrust was worn past the limits, I always had a clunk clunk when decel or accelerating it was crankwalk I figured out. Make sure you or anyone else that reads this replace your mains if the pan is off and to the clutch switch mod on the underside of the dash and get use to starting the car with the clutch released so your not pushing the crank against the trust. In my opinion its the best mod to do to any stick shifted car.
