Tomorrows the day!!!!!

[Project69]

Im taking my engine out!!! lol Any tips about the rebuild? Im sending the block out to machinest to get bored .30 over and clearenced for a 400 crank if needed. Hes installing new cam bearings and brass freeze plugs and the rest is up to me. lol

This is my first re-build on a chevy V8 without a teacher so if anyone has any advice please let me hear it haha. well heres the low-down:

On the way is a rotating assembly from Eagle complete rods, bearings, pistons, rings, crank balancer, and flexplate. Full ARP bolt kit. Lunati Voodoo camshaft, 1.6 roller rockers, and Patriot Heads (havent ordered yet still deciding)

[wendell]

Unfortunately you can't screw this stuff together like an errector set.
Have the block line honed. Mic the jouranals for diameter but also taper and check for straightness. Rods will likely need to be resized and the whole thing balanced. Once the eagle stuff is dimensionally sound, it's pretty good stuff.
Any offshore heads need to be gone threw as well. Guides usualy have to be sized and get a decent 45 degree valve job. There's a ton of power and engine life in the proper valve job. Your machinist will likely have an opinion about the seals used as well.

Take your time and have fun with it. Building motors is fun but to sum degree the more you know the less fun it is. Good luck.

[MrQuick]

grab that "how to rebuild your small block chevy" book by David Vizard. Built my first engine with that book on my tool box.

Your gonna need tools, or a real good friend with tools.
torque wrench, feeler gauges, plasti-gage, 10" section of 5/16" rubber hose, bubble balancer with 2 ranges of balance bubbles, rubber mallet, balancer installer, compressed air, flywheel holder, ring compressor, ring filer, manual oil pressure gauge and a 10ga oil pump primer.