When I get busy in the machine shop, my "Mad Scientist" gene goes into overdrive! Fortunately, I've got a couple of lathes, a Bridgeport or two, two crankshaft grinders, a couple of Sunnen hones, and a line bore and a line hone to play with! Also a surface grinder and a radial drill press. That 7.1 rod is also a candidate for use in a flathead Ford stroker engine I've got on the drawing board. There are several Japanese Diesel pistons that would be compatible with highly modified antique engines- - - -Ford, GMC, and Chevy.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!