All funny car and top fuel cars run Aluminum rods? I know they are running several thousand horsepower (pretty sure they run a lot of BME rods) I also know they rebuild after every run and replace the rods at each rebuild (can you imagine the cost). I was a crew chief in Formula atlantic (all Toyota four bangers) and you almost always seen either Carillo steel rods or high end aluminum rods. Thanks for your input Kven.