Thanks men. How much do I have in it so far? With parts and machine shop work I've got around $1500 in it. Most of the parts are in but I'm still awaiting on the oil pump. And a good deal on a dual carb setup
With the Halloween festivities over and my shop back to being a shop, I got to spend some time on the engine today.
I put a coat of Chevy blue on the block and fit the crank.
With 1 shim on each bearing, all main journals came in at 0.0015 as measured w/plastigauge.
I also cut and installed the rear rope seal. The Best Seal rear rope seal kit came w/the rope seals, a very sharp cutter, a dowel pin, a gauge for cutting the ends and good instructions. .
I'm impressed w.the Best Seal gasket kit.
I'm VERY happy w/the crank's fit, looks like Custom Crank machine shop did a very good job turning the main journals, hopefully the rod journals fit as well.
New bearings Bearings in caps Fitting crank #1 main #2 main #3 main #4 main Best Gasket kit New rope seal Dave
