How long will this little buz saw engine last.
I asked the folks at Hughes Engines about aluminum rods and was told you won't have a problem with a engine that will never see more than 7,000 + rpm. As they called it a Street Engine. So I used them in a build back in 2004. That engine is still running today in a bracket car.
So take it for whatever. Just my experience with aluminum rods.
That thing would need a good going over. I wouldn't just stick it together.