I had a set of factory rods shot peened and resized with ARP rod bolts for my stock stroke 360 build. Think the shop I used charged $12 bucks a rod. Plus what I paid at summit for the ARP bolts.
Some shops can't do rods or for some reason just don't like to do rods, or if they do them, somehow they manage to **** up the job.
So they over quote or aim customers in the direction of new rods, and then mark up the price for doing no work..
I've done a lot of engines where I have just changed out the rod bolts and run them with no distortion to the rod bore.
Now we have a cam shortage, just wait till we have a rod shortage LOL :)
