Ok guys calm down, I appreciate all the info but lets not fight over my posts.


I had the new pistons and brought them to the machine shop to be fitted in the new bores. So there was no honing that I had to do. I agree that most of the machine shops have less then attentive workers, however in the town I live in there is only about 6 auto machinist that work for 3 shops so I know most of these people and have done business with them in the past.

What I was looking for in the posts is tips like ,

Which head bolts to put rtv on, and what to use for assembly lube.

So far I have been using lubriplate assembly lube to install the crank and 4 of the pistons. My 11 year old son and I are building this engine for an 84 Blazer that I am going to give to him in a few years, I think that our children are losing the ability to see what is inside an engine, they need to know what happens when they press the accelerator!

Bill