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On a side note my very first experience with an engine builder was terrible. I was 15yrs old and dumped every dollar I made into a bottom end that lasted 500 miles before it turned 2 connecting rods blue, spun bearings and broke a main cap from being so out of balance. I feel your pain however the place I ended up going to for the next one was the place I ended up working at and learning a huge chunk of what I know. I ended up running the speed shop there as well as being a general mechanic and learning machine processes and the proper way to do things. I might have pissed away 1000 bucks on the first short block but that was a damn cheap education for the knowledge I ended up with in the end.[/QUOTE]

Damn Adam that's terrible. On the bright side, your truck is wicked cool looking! Take your time on the next engine and it will be perfect.

Cableguy, your story brings back painful memories from my first engine 30 years ago when I was 17. Big shop, fast talking bums. Took every cent I had. Might have got 600 mi. out of it. Still pissed. Next shop was a local Bonneville engine guy who worked out of his garage (with a small machine shop in it) around the corner from my folks house. Cub Barnett. He taught me patience. That engine is still running today. Painful lessons that some of us have to learn the hard way.