Thread: Ok Engine Building Experts/ 350 Chevy

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Don, my advice is to mock up the assembly and plastigage the bearings. The end-all way is of course mike them in the bore with an inside mike, then mike the crank journals with an outside mike and subtract the difference. Problem is, unless you use the same mikes day in and day out and are used to reading them in ten-thousandths and do it at the same temperature all the time, you'll be better off using plastigage to determine the clearance. Then report your findings on here so we can give our opinions.