Piston and con rod dilemma

dodge freak said
With steep gears--4.10 or so--7,000 comes on pretty quick. True you can run a rev limiter at 6,800 and use hyper pistons all day long expect like was said, if pistons are worn out how is the bore?

Im thinking that this motor should hold together at 7200 fine if it has a good balance. The bores are good, just had it hones and checked. Block sonic checked good and the top ring lands are all worn out and even the rings wore... 3 pistons had broke upper rings. This motor was spun to 7k all the time by the previous owner.

67 prostreet gt said
if money id not an issue, id go with oliver connecting rods and diamond pistons, My dad has this 1968 dodge power wagon with a 1200 horse power 540 wedge. I know im compoaring apples to oranges here but id go with the oliver rods cause thats what im doing this winter in my big block dart and same with diamond pistons. if you spend a little bit more money up front then you wont have to later on, and id use a new crank, also just for insurance

Oliver rods? Didn't know i made con rods! :happy3:

67 prostreet gt said
think building a small block is a nightmare, try a procharged 540 that makes 1205 horse power on motor on pump gas, and try to not blow parts up and try to make it driveable, ya thats a nightmare

Tell me about it, just finished building a 512, everything on that motor had to be machined, clearanced, shimmed, checked, shaved. LOL