Originally Posted by Keith

L8T cranks tend to need Mallory for balancing with aftermarket rods/pistons. Add the cost of that into your math to see if its worth it.

Originally Posted by Busted Knuckles

Mine took two slugs, one on the front crank throw and one on the rear. This is with K1 rods and Wiseco pistons with their heavier wrist pins.

Originally Posted by slowride

That's not how that works, the heavier the parts the more Mallory you will need. It' been said these cranks are around 1700g (most aftermarket LS cranks are around 1800) bobweight which will be really hard to get any high power rods/pistons without adding Mallory. You could probably do a NA deal with Mahle pistons and a light I or H beam rod and not add weight.

Originally Posted by Keith

Same here. My setup was:

6.098 K1 rods
10cc dish 4.005" 1.215" CH DSS pistons with their 180" wall pin.

Originally Posted by slowride

You must have asked to have the wrist pins be .945 for those rods?