MustangWorks.com : Ford Forums - stock connecting rod question?

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Originally Posted by stanggirl777

I would not suggest reusing rod bolts, you end up paying more for the problems that you could have than it would cost to get them installed.

I re-used my Wheeze -oh Five bolts twice with no problems. Mind you this is no firebreather.

I already got a new set of rods for my 454 buildup, what really got me was I moved up to 7/16" bolts from the stock 3/8" and you cant put larger bolts in rods, only stronger ones.

For the price of those eagle rods, I would not re-use any stock rods on a 5.0 rebuild if you are going with new pistons.

Plus the old rods and pistons make good Trophy's We did that one year for our car show.