Stroke with only Pistons and Crank?

harrisonm said

Here is my $0.02. You could you use stock rods, but I would think you would want to have them magnafluxed (they are 50 years old), resized and new bolts. Since the engine is apart, and the crank and pistons are new, I would buy new rods too. I hear what RRR said about trusting the 'prebalanced' thing, but if I am going to trust the parts, I think I will trust the balance also.

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Yeah I hear what your saying. Makes good sense because there is a lot of trust in all this work. If any of the machining isn’t right that can lead to critical failure. You have to trust someone at some point. I probably will go with new rods as in the end I won’t have to worry about metal fatigue and not really saving any appreciable money. I also don’t have a shop yet to work with. I WILL however have the balance checked out before I use anything as that to me is an investment in good judgment. Pay me now or pay me later…..