oh yeah , the only reason i peened and beamed the rods was because at the time you couldn't buy a set of eagle rods or scat or whatever. there were the carillo's big money and the old direct connection hemi footprint rod. my brother had a set but never used them. they were huge , heavy and expensive. i might still have a picture of them, i'll have to look but they were beautiful rods. 7-1/6 bolts and good to 8500 rpm