Quote Originally Posted by Kennedy View Post
I guess first I'd look to understand your goals? To me using any factory connecting rod is an incremental (minor) step up and if you want to make something truly durable I would look to aftermarket like Carillo for rods and be done with it.

Personally, I'd suggest sticking to the 500 HP range, use this power level sparingly, and keep the bottom end stock because the next step cost $10's of thousands.
Is it your sense that adding power... big power, increases the potential for a crankshaft dowel-pin or crankshaft failure? Do the aftermarket harmonic dampers help to solve that? Thx.