Quote Originally Posted by Vteckidd
Baby J is right, shotpeening does NOTHING to strengthen a rod. Thats not what fails, its the rod BOLTS.

Sure you can put ARPs in the LS rods and i would rev them to 9000 and feel good about it. THat is if you want to use OEM pistons.

Aftermarket pistons require aftermarket rods
hell mike, look at my brothers LS two years strong w/o a problem revving to 8200 on ls rods with arp rod bolts..