bgpzfm142;c-142065 wroteramrod;142064 wroteFor a road car (EG: Not racing), I think you'll take your foot off the throttle on public roads long before the engine gets anywhere near close to blowing up.
The weak 9mm rods in the early B230s were replaced by Volvo because of failures in road cars.
http://forums.turbobricks.com/showpost.php?p=4480116&postcount=7
And yet thousands still survived until now, so it's not a huge issue. Especially given the quality of Australian fuel vs American.
bgpzfm142;c-142063 wroteIntermediate shafts are all pretty much the same, you just have to ensure your shaft has a dizzy drive.
FWIW, if I were doing a swap into a 242, I'd use LH 2.4 with a wasted spark system and thus eliminate the need for a distributor altogether.
BTW the injector seals on that car are weeping - not sure if Eric mentioned that to you. The car and engine need a solid "Stage 0" - i.e. hoses, seals, and fluids.
A wasted spark and the effort to find a harness (assuming your lh2.2 one doesn't crumble on You) is higher, given you need a flywheel drilled for the crank sensor and to strip out a second car. And then there is the cost of wasted spark that doesn't seem to gain much on a stock setup because the ignition map is more the issue.
The auxiliary shaft is the same.