Originally Posted by Rob Strelecki
I'd say the piston does its job and it's not their fault if you have pre-ignition due to another failure or error.


^Thanks Rob. I will look into that.

Originally Posted by Jason Drew
Rod and mains I would definitely consider ARP hardware for a high HP build. It's well known a lot of 7 bolt rod failures stem from the oem rod bolts stretching.
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So my new rods will come included with arp 2000 hardware.
Now what about OEM main bolts ?
How simple of a job to upgrade to ARP main hardware? Is this something my machine shop could do and possibly screw up? any bore alignment required ?

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