Ti rods have long been known to beat bearings up too. The real change in usage of materials has come from EFI. Every last serious racing engine ever built that used a carburetor is a detonation machine. They all det on the shift, and no prostock team ever solved it. EFI has, or can eliminate detonation. That is the only reason we see these crazy HP numbers with engine longevity.

TI rods used to beat the bearing out after a few passes on a big bad NA motor. Now they run for a season at 3 times the power with EFI .

A real world example is WJ would have to do top rings and rod bearings after 30 pulls on the dyno. Now 100+ is no big deal with EFI