Heres some shots of the Billet Oliver connecting rods we use.These things are beef we order them in the heavy weight version for this engine i prefer the strength over the weight.I've run this rod over 2500 hp with no problems in the ls's Notice the bearing shells we use a bearing that has a very thin overlay of material this provides more fatigue resistance and prevents the bearing from flaking under big power.It has less imbedabilty so it won't take alot of dirt in the oil but some one who owns one of these should no better anyways.