Yeah, it probably would Morgan. Did I mention that I have a turbo build planned later on? All my enthusiasm about conrod stems from wanting to build a motor a cam cram full of boost, and rev the daylights out of. Plus Dodgeman once posted a pic of a an A series rod where the small end journal parted company with the beam of the rod. I bent a rod once, but the pistons had disintergrated 1st.