hahaha. Naw but the dowels work great. Home depot has them for like $1. get 2... you'll have to break one in half. Use the other as an extra. The ls1 how-to is the same for us. Only difference is the minor things like intake.
Some pointers... let the air out of the front tires... get a valve spring compressor, an air tool that will screw into the spark plug hole(this holds the valves up), I pen magnet works well for when you compress the valve springs(the magnet makes it easy to get the valve locks) there are some other tricks to help out too.