Stock bottom ends are alot stronger than people give them credit for. I sprayed the piss out of my stock mustang 2V for years, and when I took it apart there was little to no wear on the engine!
yep. if i had to rebuild my engine i would just put in some forged pistons with the stock rods and crank with some nice rod bolts and call it a "built" motor.
it sucks that my engine was fine though
old mod list: H/C/I/N/E/G 408
new mod list: 5.3, gears/posi, mufler and tune : (