Gorgan, I ran the cheap rods for quite some Milage at decent revs on a high comp 4e making 265 @ 1bar td04 (as you well know you tgtt man you ) Until my expensive billet cams fell apart and somewhat ruined the engine. Ran like this for yonks loved the revs. Get whatever rods you can', weigh they up get them matched and then balance the bottom end assembly together. And youll have as good an engine as any and better than most. Phil