6.5 rebuild

[odee]

I will be taking my block and crank to the machine shop tommorow hopefully. What should be done to the rods? resized/new bolts? rods and pistons have at most 24to25 thousand on them. I have also heard of a couple of these engines being balanced. Does it help them out any? If anyone else has any helpful info on the rebuild of this thing it would be great. Thanks

[odee]

guys someone has to have some input on this

[ucdavis]

If I was rebuilding I would
1) balance
2) go 18:1 pistons (wrist pin location is moved up on skirt)
3) gear timing
4) HO cooling
5) if rods are that fresh, I'd mic & inspect 'em, then reuse 'em if ok, subject to balance.
6) how many miles on block? journal webs known to crack if overheated/fatigued (ya get noise from this if its advanced to where you can see it). Magnaflux.
7) if you have the relieved journal crank (most of us do) w/radiused relief @ bearing surface edges, these are NOT recommended for grinding. I think there was an article on this here on TDP; check past year's article indexes on Join Us page. There's a name for the radiused relief that I can't recall (unlike Gray Davis); maybe somebody else is listening.
That's all I know and maybe more.