My First 318 Rebuild

Rat Bastid said

Rods like that have collectively billions and billions of miles on them. I personally have never seen one fail.

The issue is the cost to rebuild them. For less money you can buy a better rod with cap screws and better metallurgy.

If you are set on using those rods, make sure the holes are the correct sizes and send it. They’ll be fine.

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I'm not set on using these rods. Right now they're the most convenient, but like I said, I know nothing about them, I will measure them next week. So I'm still not clear on what causes rods to be copper coated, I poked around on the Internet yesterday and didn't find any satisfactory answers. If I understand why the rods are coated it'll make it easier to make a decision on what to do next.

I do have access to the motor that came out of the car, it's a short block that I was saving for later to clean and go through. But I have a set of 8 rods that I've run and know some of the history of.
I like the idea of keeping sets of rods together, and I'm in favor of using what I have right now, but am not stuck on that. I did but arp bolts to help the rods out a little bit