How it works: Any rod you can buy for $500 or less is forged in China.
Any American rod will cost at least $1000.

As long as you do prep like the posters above, your stock block will break before the rod does.

R.

PS: The term "horsepower rating" for rods is meaningless. If a rod lives is all about the acceleration at the top of the exhaust stroke, piston weight and/or detonation.

PPS: Molnar rods are for sure Chinese forgings and Ohio Crank pretty certainly is, too. Because of the disparity between US and Chinese wages and overhead for factories, it could be possible to weasel around "Made In USA" by legitimately having more expense per rod in the USA than in China.