Old Race 340 Teardown

The rods are eye candy for sure. If you can meet your compression requirements with that piston I’d not hesitate to use it. As well as the rods. The rods do have a life cycle in a drag race environment but in a de tuned street engine they’ll last a good long while. If you are going to road race it you should consider moving to a forged steel rod for constant high rpm durability.