When you install new rod bolts you resize the rods @ the same time.Have the machine shop install your rod bolts & resize the rods.

The oil pump gasket is just paper thin.
Not real sure if it is needed, but you can use Hylomar as a gasket.
http://www.amazon.com/Permatex-85249-Hylomar-Universal-Dressing/dp/B0018PSATY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXiVZIBoHL0

I have been using it for years on aircraft jet engines & when I was road racing motorcycles & used it on 2 stroke engines.
Gas, two stroke oil & engine oil does not effect it. Great stuff!


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12 port SDS EFI