Rods

side grinding is not on the side of the big end journal
when the rods are forged the cut is folded over
you side grind to get rid of the side fold so the mag can see the actual side of the rod
then you can shot peen to dense up the surface
if you have to round the top or do other detail work like narrowing the small end do it before shot peen
some mag before detail work some after, some both- who wants to spend time on a bad rod
lucky with mopar we do not find as many bad ones as with brand x or y
the pink rods were better but old tech now there are better