Thanks roger i appreciate it. I dont have any sort of hot rod, but an 85 chevy c10 that had an engine fire. Ive come along ways with it, you cant even tell its the same truck. The only problem i have with clocking the rings to fix my issue is that ive read they move all on their own. But being the run time on this motor is less than a few hours ill start with the rings. I knew i was at risk taking a bored over sbc 400 to start with.