Connecting rod "offset"?

oldkimmer said

Krooser, y did u delete ur statement? If the pin is centered in the rod on a pressed pin the pin will not be centered in the piston because of the cylinder offset. Kim

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you guys are using the word offset for two different things and really mixing things up badly . The pin bore in the piston ( or less likely the small end?) is offset to avoid piston slap or rocking SIDE to SIDE looking frum front of engine . Done . Maybe very slight power gain / reducing friction but you will have violent slap , break piston . bad trade . when the plug fires . That is one thing —
it has nothing to do with big end .
But as one person posted the center of big end vs center of rid is moved on the journal front to back of engine to center the rod IN THE BORE front to back under piston . Talk about piston bosses moving the rod back and forth are pure BS . How can it move on rod journal back and forth ? But without that beam offset it ends up as much as 200 to one side , Seems wrong still hits nothing on piston , if full float seems to me would destroy bushing with eccentric load . But pressed pin maybe it’s ok. maybe .
So the reason to use press makes sense to me if straight rods are not centered under piston ? NOT a ” preference” don’t call it “offset” ; call it pin offset or rod beam offset .
Speak english and all that ?