some notes from a beginner, change rings or change pistons?

[Slowcrewcab]

Red Line assembly lube

Good! And I'm not sure on the honing part!

[sand man]

finished thevalve lapping today, hope i can get an engine stand tomorow

[sand man]

got the engine stand !!!

ok so i measured the crank main bearings oil clearence

here are some pics:

#5:0.0010-0.00009
#4:didnt mesure
#3:0.00007-0.00008
#2:0.0001-0.00009
#1:0.00007-0.00008

#5




#3




#2




#1




is that with in the spec?

[country_3030]

Looks to tight of bearing clearance to me. Did you do it with the crank and bearing dry or oiled?

[sand man]

I thought so, but then agine they have some assembly lube, this is my first assembly so i have some mistakes

[sand man]

I used the wrong one , i should use the green plastigauge, unfortunetly i dont have it!
orderd it from summit and they sent me the wrong size

guess i should count on my luck on this one!

[sand man]

btw rotating assembly is in ,pistons, rods ,crank spin smoothly , cam is also in, oil pump is in

will torque the connecting rod bolts tomorow, install lifters ,heads,oil pan , and take some pics ,

hopefully, well tray to drop the motor tomorow and turn the engine

wish me luck:thumbs:

[sand man]

I already have OBX headers on the 5.3 will reuse them of course

some pics from yestrday, pan is on oil pump is in heads are on







after we mounted the motor under the hood , and I was cleaning the intake manifold has a hole 2"x3"

you can see it just behind the throttle on the drivers side

[Chevy-Art]

Where did you buy the intake, can you return it?

[DBRODS]

Did you measure the clearance on the rods? Those mains are super tight..