Another thumbs up for Brian Pauter. Sent him some old Pauters that needed rebushing (previous user upsized them from 22mm to 23mm to use "Carrera" Mahle motorsport pistons) and asked that he crack check, check the big end bore & C-C length, rebush with 22mm size, plus some new ARP bolts. Turned them around quickly and did a great job.
I think the Pauters + ARP bolts were a contributing factor to NOT throwing a rod thru my case when I had a major engine failure.
Not saying Pauters are better than Carillos because I have no idea. Just saying they are a darn good rod. Stock rods most likely would have caused considerably more damage and i'd probably be buying a whole/longblock engine instead of being able to recondition most of my engine.