Originally posted by Hopper111
in my engine experience ive built a few stroker motors...my impression so far and the advice of the man who was helping me on my clearance issues is that if it clears when you turn the motor over on the stand and nothing hits then u won't have any clearance issues when you actually fire the engine.

(make sure u turn it over for a compression stroke AND an exhaust stroke...try about 5 full rotations just to make sure)
I hope you really don't believe this.What if you only have .002 of inch clearance between the rods and the block?Then you heat the block to 195 F and then you turn the engine to 7,000 r.p.m.what do you think is going to happen?I would fire (the man) and look for someone else for advice.I also would not be afraid to break out the feeler gauge set and check a few clearances.