Not sure, I bought my swap off ebay originally and the guy said it was fine, he never told me jack about a bent rod, I am guessing he sucked up some water in his intake and hydrolocked it, the block was fine except for a nick at the bottom of the cylinder where the rod had hit from it being bent. I rebuilt the engine and it runs fine now, I bought new rods and forged pistons. Anyways, interested in some pistons, and just need to get a new rod for the last one, piston is fine.