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And the EPA kills another great idea ! I remember when they finally killed the "corvair" in 1969 . The car had come along way from the roll-over death traps Nader had tried to destroy in 1962. My good friend collects Corvairs and from what I've seen they where a car before their time.

Could be, but why didn't they do this with the LDT engine ? Was this some "special" project to make more HP out of the LDS engines by increasing the RPM's ?

I find the lack of a compression ring most interesting on those LDS pistons. The only reason to leave off a ring is for higher RPM's. Race engine builders do this all the time to help eliminate parasitic drag. On slower turning engines with high compression the extra ring is a bonus. Makes one...

I would pull the rod ends off to check the bearings ( your going to replace the rod bolts anyway right ? ) and also the mains. If there in spec then don't worry. Here are the rod bolts you need.

Well if your down there checking the bottom end you might as well install the new style rod bolts. Just saying.