2V BUILD-ROD/PISTON, GOOD/BAD FROM EXPERIENCE PLEASE
 

I must have dropped a valve and now need to either take a big loss and sell the car or build the Teksid block I have. '99 vert/auto. I would stay NA and goal is 300+whp & 25mpg cruising the intarstate, not interested in 1/4mile. I would likely have to change my 4.10'stothe stock 3.27's. Stay with the Hitech stage 2 cams which are new. Raise the stall from it's present 3200rpm to 3800rpm for the best launch I could get with the cams anyways. Give in to LT's, if Flowtech's fit with automatics and allow for tranny drops. Anyone know about them? Holley owns them so quality should be decent.

Now to the topic. There are rods & pistons on ebay at www.themustangdepot.com are they decent for what I want? Remember not going with a power adder or racing, just want a stronger rotating assembly and hopefully at least 1 pound lighter between the rods and pistons. Then there are www.dssracing.com pistons, they claim 100grams lighter than stock for their best piston. That is quite a claim, 1/4 lb. for each piston, a 2 lb. savings with pistons alone?! How about those cheap I-beam rods in the ebay ad from the mustang depot, anyone actually USE THEM?

How about used? Anyone ever have luck with any used parts? THX, mark
PS: would bneed heads and thinking of Hitech heads, supposed to be high velocity and that is what i want.