Thanks for the info. An uncle of mine came over and we did the bottom end. I had done the bottom end with my uncle 22 years ago (same uncle now) so I went on his word when we put it back together. In response to your question, many years ago (22) when I pick up the car, the crank had been spun so we replaced the crankshaft then with a new one. I know the old ones where standard bearings. The old bearings really did look bad when we inspected them so we did not use a Plasti-gauge to check the bearing clearance. Big Mistake! The car over the years has been parked most of the time and probably had 30K on this rebuild. I had the heads milled, valves and seats changed to use unleaded gas and decided to do the bottom end at the time. I spoke to a few machine shops and they offered to "mike" the crank for me free of charge. I was hoping I didn't have to do another tear down but it looks like I'm headed in that direction. Any other idea before I pulled the engine out for the fourth time. I can now pull this engine in an hour. Thanks Rocky