I'm sorry.

Sorry I just wanted clarification for what I am doing. Sorry that my observations and experiences differed from yours. Sorry that I don't want to spend several hundred dollars and hours rebuilding an engine just for it to blow up before it is broken in. Sorry that I didn't immediately take the words of someone I have never met on the internet for granted. Sorry that I don't have 50+ years of experience (despite me not even being 30 years old). SORRY THAT I WASN'T BORN WITH A COMPLETE AND TOTAL UNDERSTANDING OF CHEVY SMALL BLOCKS AND THEIR OPTIONS. SORRY I WASN'T STANDING AT THE ASSEMBLY LINE PUTTING THIS TRUCK TOGETHER (WHICH IS OLDER THAN MY DAD).

I knew it was a mistake asking you guys for help. I'm better off on my own. Sorry for wasting your OBVIOUSLY valuable time.

Goodbye.