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the best way is the way i do it. i will tell you. i size the clearance for the job at hand NOs drag .street street /strip . hi RPMs big engine and other things come in to play . i mic the crank put the number down on paper . i set my mic and then set my dial bore gauge to read bearing when its in the housing bore . some play this off say any thing will work on rods you have 0001.5 to 0003. about the same on mains by the book. i hold every thing no more then 0002 and that is from were i want it .not were it come s out so to build them at the leve were i hand fit bearings were i want to see them. your not going to get there with plastigage. but at the end of the day i like to think i build engines like rockets so i may not be the guy to ask i spend alot of time here more time then most and housing bore size,s . i think at pays off.. my stuff works