Rods

Yup. That's why I own a rod vise and never advise running rods without cycling them and checking the big end bore. 440Source rods have never passed that test and I always advise adding in resizing to the cost of the kit. Something like 17 years I've caught **** for that. Truth is if you run any parts out of the box you're already gambling and at best you're only losing power and longevity.