Re: 50 trim in - lot's of smoke from exhaust
Rebuild it to stock specs with ARP head studs. There is no reason for you to spend a lot of money on aftermarket rods, aftermarket pistons, ARP mains, balancing, etc. The stock motor can take the power you are making plus a lot more. If your current motor died because of detonation, then your built motor will probably suffer the same fate. You shouldn't have been making even close to enough power to break the motor from too much power and the reason to build the motor is to be able to handle more power. Fix whatever caused this failure or else the same thing can just as easily happen again with a rebuilt stock motor or a built motor.
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