Upconverting SD clips for an HDV timeline....

So I took my SD clip into compressor and upconverted it to HDV 1080i 60.
When dropped it onto my HDV timeline it requires no rendering and matches up with the other native HDV clips (frame size wise)
Although when the upconverted clip is played in the viewer and on the timeline, at first the audio and video is synced but then quickly becomes un-synced. The video speeds up while the audio remains normal.
I then exported this upconverted clip to quicktime and viewed it through the QT player. The clip is then synced and normal.
What would cause FCP to mess up sync? Should I upconvert differently? If so, how?
Any insight?
Thanks,
-B

Alternative method, drop the SD clip on the HDV FCP timeline, change scale to 200% and render - this is how I use anamorphic 16:9 SD material with in HDV projects.

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