OK so i have a rod knocking (think so anyway) my question (and i did search) is

with the "drop-in" method pistons and rods. i under stand people are complaining about balancing the new gear with the crack.. when the shop "balances the inners all they do is make sure everything weighs the same and turn the crank to balance it. so if all things weigh the same and the crank is stock your fine right?

also ive read that the new forged pistons and new rings dont adapt as well as most would like to the old scoring of the cylinder walls and could cause more friction and potentially fail. my question is what if i just use the stock pistons and new rods obliviously mark the pistons and keep them where they were but add the new rods.

is this a good or bad thing?

what about the bearings? i have built a ton of honda motors and the stock bearings are new but the same size was used plasti-gauge'd and done.
now i know this is no Honda so my question on rod bearing is do you need to order stock size or is there a standard on the bearings? should i put them together and mich them then order?

i don't want to fugg this up and never really had to worry about rod bearings on a Na car boosted cars i would think take more into consideration.

as always evom help is appreciated

 

if you have a spun bearing you must take it to a machine shop so they can machine the crank....

 

yeah i didnt think about that

i haven't taken it part to look yet if i dont sell it ill take it apart.

anyway if its not spun im fine changing it out with stock pistons right

 

The thing is at the point your at your going to have to rip everything apart anyway. So why not just get the block honed ect by the machine shop and put in forged pistons? So at least you will have a full built block when this is all over.

So then you can go for more hp later down the road. Or you could be like dam i should of put pistons in to .

 

IMO just do it the right way and pull the motor. I realise that it might be a pain, but your going to be happier in the end.

As was said your going to have to take everything apart to see if there's any damage reguardless....so do it right or don't do it at all.