I'm not saying you can't do it, but alum rods are better. In fact i have a 1471 with a buzzard catcher blown 358" chevy. It ran o'k until i melted down a piston due to no port nozzles. Shown below in vid. (Smoke is from a leaking valve cover). It went 4.62 running 20% overdrive, about 35 lbs. boost on alcohol, before burning a piston. I put it in my friends ugly Dodge Dart as seen in the vid. i'm behind the camera.
It's going back together as a 383" with alum rods, and going into my 48 Anglia.
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...4568453485455#