Thanks for all the help, and yes it is my first motor. I was brought up on muscle cars, and watched my dad closely when he built his 468, i got my first car, an 84 firebird, and started with that, now im on to the motor. It is my only car, but to me driving something a lot less than i normally would, is worth it in this situation. I need to handle the tranny and convertor next, gotta get through this first. Its mostly my dad doing all of the critical work, so its not like I'm fumblign through it myself.