This thread isn't about what rods you recommend or use, it's about his stock rods and the prep he doing to them.](*,)
I can have rods redone w/arp bolts $145, it's only around $9 a rod + bolts and popping them in.
most machinist are lazy in the sense that they'd rather overcharge so that you skip having them run the rods back and forth on a sunnen and just buy already done pieces.