[brainsboy]

hmmm... You can make the 6" rods work, but its a pain in the butt. For your situation I think your gonna be better off with 6.200 rods. I just built a 408 with 6" rods but mostly because Im strange and do weird things that others normaly dont do, like putting this motor in my suzuki samurai... Anyhow by the time you cut the crank, add lots of heavy metal for balancing from cutting the counter weights, make chevy pistons work, you will have spent more then its worth. I partly did it because I had a set of 1200$ carrillo rods I wanted to use, and wanted to test some theorys with nitrous and short rods.

Save yourself time and money and go with 6.2 rods

Now on the other hand if your like me. I really enjoyed putting a motor together that wasnt just a common stroker. My enjoyment comes from building something different. It took me a long time to find those pistons that would work with a 6" rod, but thats what made it fun for me, trying something thats new.

No matter what you choose, take some more time and study different combinations, and get more opinions. Designing and planing your motor build up is just as much fun as building it.

Hope this helps,

Ben