Machining recommendations 440

Cool. I'm not a fan of 'Source's balancing so I prefer to have control over who does that. The rods need to be cycled - meaning clean them, then lube the screws with the correct ARP lube, then torqued in stages, and loosened and retorqued a few times. Then have them measured. Assume they'll need the big ends resized and the pin ends honed (do not use sandpaper or emery like Source says).
You don't need the larger pickup. If you want to mess at all with the suction side, use a ball burr and remove the sharp "v" angle on the inside of the suction passage in the block. The larger pickup won't do much, and won't do anything if you leave that bad turn untouched.