Shit Chris, if you are gonna ride twisties with us, you will constantly be decellerating, using the engine braking to establish your cornering speed. Small stroke motors with light pistons will not have that problem. BUT in car engines, it IS very true, I was put a set of BME aluminum rods in a big pontiac and we had rod stretching problems with it. Went back to a cast rod and never had a problem. Anyone know if the stock busa rods are cast, PM or steel?
Dennis, good point about the oiling deal, never thought of that. After I shut down on a pass, ,I usually upshift one more time to drop the rpms to say 5-6k and let it bring itself down that way then slowly drop through the gears.