I took the engine to Impluse racing engines in Wall NJ. I'm in Toms River. I had 6K budgeted and the guys at Implulse told me original style connecting rods are no longer around to replace the bent one. something about floating pins and such and I would need to replace the rods and pistons at a cost of $12-$1500 so the logical thing was to go with the 440 source stroker kit being that I still had to have the crank done. I did contact IDM in west creek and have another option available to me. I was just wondering if I was missing something. The only thing I can't and won't do is build a motor. As for the dyno time I figured if its broken in and pre-run it would eliminate possible issues. I'm a body and paint guy and I'll be quite honest, I can't get guys to pay spit for my talents. I do know time isn't free nor is talent.