Hester puked her guts

Yesterday a very sad thing happened. Hester (my '66 Valiant) spit the number 5 rod out of the oil pan. This is after spending the last 2 months getting a new clutch and a working tranny installed (1 clutch swap, 2 tranny swaps). It could be worse, at least all I have to do is decide which engine to roll out of the garage and install. I have a stock '73 225 and a massively overbored and stroked '64 slant (286 inches)to choose from. I have the parts to do either installation but I am leaning toward the stocker just to get her back on the road with minimum worries. I'm thinking the stroker may run a tad hot since there is only .030" between the sleeves in the block at the closest spacing. Guess that's life. :angry7: