Ya mon. I started working on the orange siht box again mon. I still have those rods for you if you need them. Maybe I'll bring my 2.0T to one of these meets if the C70 is still garbage - it's nice.
Sounds literally like jumping jacks and you get an extreme loss of power. Any way I have 5 fresh OEM rods from my new motor unharmed I can just give them to you if you wanna save money and go OEM.
After being machined- Almost 3mm thick measured with caliper on top side of block. Previous pic shows underside of block where sleeves are stepped and are even thicker.