Awhile back I posted some questions about a 350 buildup for a boat. Well everything came out pretty awsome. We stripped an '88 Stingray pretty much down to fiberglass and built a Donzi wanna be. Rerouted 4 inch exhaust out the back. Cut the breather fins in the side. Built an all new interior. Sprayed it white with red racing stripes. I'll post some pics when I get a chance. Anyway we took the short block from an 80 something GMC Jimmy pickup. The cylinders looked good so we made the mistake of just building it up. New heads, agressive cam, torker II intake edelbrock 650 carb. The thing screamed and sounded mean. We were doing a steady 5500 rpm. We then tryed out a more aggressive prop when the oil pressure suddenly dropped along with RPMs. We limped back to our house when it died. It was super hot so we let it cool. It turns over but there is serious resistance. The starter gets hot quick. We pulled off the outdrive so there is no load on the driveshaft and it's the same. I'm sure something gave out on the bottom end. Oil pump pickup? Bearing? My questions are: What do you think worst/best case scenerio is? What should I look for when I pull off the pan? What do you think the cutoff point is for trying to use this block? I'd better off buying a done short block than have to do pistons, rods, bearings, crank ect. right? Thanks for any input. ---Rich