Just wanted to give a shout back... I ran the engine today, and got it in tune. I was very happy with the power of the engine, and there didn't seem to be any problems... Through 3 tanks of fuel, back and forth between short bursts, and long WOT runs, it was very consistant, pulling hard on acceleration, and just topping out around the 80-100 ft mark. Steady smoke, great sound, and temps never climbed above 230*, and that was after 3 WOT passes back to back. On average, it stayed riight in the 210* area.

Thanks for the vote of confidence that the con-rod was fine. I think I was just looking for an invisible problem, due to getting screwed on trades before.