Heres the deal- im making a 383 , its my second motor, the 1st 383 got a line bore so it was a perfect fit, but that was a longggggg time ago, and my memory is going on every step.

This new 383 motor is good and ready to put together- everything seems ok up to the crank. I got the block align honed- I put to crank in / plasticgage then the caps torqued 'em pulled them off and found out every reading is .003".

I think .0015 is what it suppose to be, at .003 am I too lose?????


Also, this is a 4 bolt main, never done one of those yet, whats the bolt pattern & torque??? some tell me its 70 for inner- 45 outter...... # keep changing.


thanx