This has never been a problem for me. On mild builds. On high end stuff like SB2 stuff or usmts stuff I’ve always used carillo or crower or something nice that come with very nice hardware.
I will say that even with lower end hi-PO stuff I’ve always checked rod bolt stretch vs actual torque. I’ve been out of the game for a long time, so this may all be old news. I suspect a machinist would not stretch a rod bolt before finish honing to account for extra stress because this would potentially weaken the rod bolt if it yielded and was re-stretched. I guess what I’m saying Is that my guess is that as long as that thing was torqued to spec when finished honed, the additional deformation caused by a different rod bolt wouldn’t make much difference. If you were zinging this thing out to 8-9k I’d be a bit more particular, but you wouldn’t be running a reconditioned rod anyhow.
You’d shit your pants if you saw what remanufactures are doing lol
I will say that even with lower end hi-PO stuff I’ve always checked rod bolt stretch vs actual torque. I’ve been out of the game for a long time, so this may all be old news. I suspect a machinist would not stretch a rod bolt before finish honing to account for extra stress because this would potentially weaken the rod bolt if it yielded and was re-stretched. I guess what I’m saying Is that my guess is that as long as that thing was torqued to spec when finished honed, the additional deformation caused by a different rod bolt wouldn’t make much difference. If you were zinging this thing out to 8-9k I’d be a bit more particular, but you wouldn’t be running a reconditioned rod anyhow.
You’d shit your pants if you saw what remanufactures are doing lol