What are you actually trying to accomplish? A good MPG street motor or a performance build?

You have to remember that you are dealing with a very small bore here. A lot of milling on the head increases compression like crazy. Cam choice will become pretty critical so you don't build too much cylider pressure.

My motor has the head milled .065" and has the 198 rods, 2.2 turbo pistons about -.020" in the hole, and a Fel-Pro gasket. I am right under 11.5-1, and it is NOT pump gas friendly. I also run a cam with 300* advertised duration and .558" gross lift.

My pistons are KB Silvolites. They have a narrow ring on them too.

There is a deal on Wiseco pistons and K-1 rods on www.slantsix.org . When the deal started they were about the same as rebuilding a set of 198 rods and using KB pistons. Not sure how much they are now.