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Tiny
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  • 1993 FORD MUSTANG
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Hello, I’m currently building my stock 302 engine. I’m going with trick flow forged pistons and I was wondering if I can use my stock connecting rods for the forged pistons.
Sunday, November 6th, 2022 AT 8:41 PM

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Tiny
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Yes, you can, I would have the rods resized and checked for cracks. Check out this video series which shows the complete rebuild it may help you:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe3kz1i_LrtWx_LPRSNutXYhgTZcke2qY

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