that rod is blue do not use it
replace the rods.

 

You bought the rod that way? What asshat sold you a burned rod? If you dont believe any of us, listen to Machinist above me. Dude does this for a living and probably has more experience than 99% of this forum put together....

 

Yes, I will, working on getting some new rods. Just sucks these are better than the eagles I'll be buying. Engine is stock sleeves anyway so won't be pushing past limit of eagles on this build.

 

Many people do in fact heat the small end of the rod to be able to slide a press fit style pin into them... just because many do this doesn't mean it is a good method. Hack builders and machine shops as well as ill prepared DIY'ers use this method. Also, remember that most aftermarket rods are set up for floating style pins... so no heat would be required.
The GSR crankshaft suggestion by Pyro will not work because the big end of the rods that you have are too wide for the narrower rod journal of the GSR crank. Using the rods you have will require a custom piston set... although some research may offer some shelf part numbers that were originally designed for "stroker" applications. The pistons stick out WAY too far for utilizing a really thick head gasket... keep in mind that going that thick on the head gasket will cause other issues: The camshaft-to-crankshaft event timing will be thrown off dramatically and require adjustable cam gears and DEGREEING the camshafts. Also, it will be very difficult to install the timing belt and may result in premature belt failure due to heavy belt tension.

 

Thats right..I keep forgetting about the rod width differences...Thanks for the correction again JRCivic