383 rebuild - kinda whimpy on the dyno?

JAndrea said

Yep, the rods were supposed to have been resurfaced and resized to the .010 under crank rod journals. Not having a good bore dial gauge, I didn’t measure, confirm, and document every single thing that I got back. Lesson learned.

I don’t know for sure, but I’m thinking everything should come apart for a good cleaning and confirmation of various component measurements, etc.

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1) One would re-size the rod ID to stock dimensions or a toochie tight for improved heat transfer & crush.
2) The bearings are the only .010" under items.
3) I know I know, everyone including Me has done fine w stock rod bolts for Lord knows how many......
but a set of quality ARP's installed and then reconditioning rods that haven't already spun a set of shells, then torqued by stretch method is really the only way to do it these days for anything that matters.