mk e wrote:
So here I has all set to just use my new bore gauge to check all the main bearings then either lap the journal or sand the cap to get them all to size, a couple hours work max.....and then Wade comes along and shames me into doing the job properly and making sure they are straight first. Now I understand why he was annoyed with me when I told him my original lapping bar plan did not include a bar long enough to hit all 7 journals at once while I was thinking 3 at a time was plenty of what I had in mind
Something that occurred to me a couple weeks ago is I never checked the size on the cam journals really, at least not in anything like a proper way so I think I'm going to disassemble the heads again and get them torqued on the block and make certain all is right there while I wait for the lapping bar since I need the heads on for the lapping anyway...because that is what Wade would do
It was a pain, but all the futzing I did on my Northstar block last summer paid off...
-Torque up the mains and install/remove the outer case half bolts and the mains don't change
-Bolting up the heads only pulls the mains about 0.0001
-I really needed to install steel inserts for that work, as I'd pull the main bolts out with aluminum shavings on them
Speaking of which, have you time-serted your main and head bolt holes?