Low Mileage stock bore Rod/Piston swap

[badinblack]

I know it's late but I did this with a minivan, I know it's not really performace minded but I did it in the driveway. I just made sure all the surfaces were really clean after and continued on check and rechecking bearing clearance. I had it done in about 6 hours work time. To add to ecoli's idea what if you just used a top ring wit ha bead of silicon arond to make a small reservior to catch that crap. That van has put 40,000 on since then and still running strong.