garagepunkfan -
First, welcome to another Wisconsinite!
Second, tell me more about these rods. If my math is correct, they may be a viable option for a 292...? I'm sure someone will correct me, but that's the first thing that popped into my head.
-Sam.
Sam, the only issues I see with this conversion, is you will have to remove around 1/4" of an inch from each side of the rods, and this might possibly machine in to the bearing tang notches in the rod and cap that locate the bearing shells. The 292 cranks already have little journal overlap, because of their stroke and relatively small journal sizes to start with. So that could cause further crank flexing by reducing the rod journal even more. Not saying it wouldn't or couldn't work, just these things came to mind right off as potential issues for concern.
