20141229_170001_resized.jpgStreet cruiser. YEa, the best thing is to pull it. I got a lot of feedback from racers and cruisers. A lot of them say the heads will need work but thats it. I saw some bearings a buddy had that had aluminum on them. Looks like it burned in, kind of smeared onto t he surface of the old clevite. But he said it ran for years like that. I also attached a pic of the bearing i took out originally. I had no idea this was a problem when i took the old mill out. Two of the mains were like this. If this thing can make it, maybe anything can LOL. Wishful thinking, i know! Looks like a bulldozer went thru it. Thank god for the hi volume pump the guy had put in there originally 25 years ago. Anyways, I found no specs of aluminum anywhere, even when i cut the filters open. It looks like the aluminum "bits" fell around the keepers and got smashed into a paste. WHen i drain the oil there is a definite residue in the bottom of the pan the next day, non magnetic and gray. THe aluminum got pulverized, like going thru a rock crusher sorta. ANyways, its wishful thinking. I might try do just do the valve seals and see what follows. Cheap and eazy. IF that doesnt work out I will probably get a new bottom end, good time to upsize to the 454!