If I can add a few pointers here without ruffling any feathers, I build my stroker small block a few years ago with a scat forged crank and eagle H beam rods.
Eagle offers more than one horsepower rating for the same rods.
I was hesitant to use Eagle as I had heard some stories about their quality.
My local machinist also said that years ago when Eagle started out there were quality issues with the bore sizes. He said that years later they had really improved the big end machining and that that is no longer an issue.
During my build I over torqued a couple of rod bolts and discarded them. I called arp to get a few new bolts and found out that eagle also uses there own proprietary arp rod bolts
As well. I am a toolmaker by trade and I know how to perform precision measurements. I can tell you that the rods measured right on the money all around.
I cannot speak to the quality of the material of the rods.
The higher horsepower eagle rods use the arp 2000 material to eagles own design and you can only get those bolts from eagle.
