318 Connecting Rods and Crankshaft

A friend of mine did this deal. We used Magnum block and heads. There were two different compression height pistons. The ones we had were the taller ones. Piston and rods came out of a very low hour marine 318. The rods were the small beam floaters. He got scared of the compression. Think it came out to about 10.5. Anyway, we machined the skirts down to mimic a 5.7 Hemi piston. Then had the tops turned down, too. These were the flat top 4 relief. Ran an old DC Hemi grind cam and lifters. Only spent money on new parts where absolutely needed. Damn slapped together junk ran pretty good.