Quote Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter
And to add to Pop's commentary on the machine shop, if you have them responsible for all of the measuring and definition of what's required you don't run into the potential problem of something being the wrong size/fit (assuming a quality/responsible shop). Not many things worse than having a problem and the shop getting off the hook by saying something like "we did it the way YOU wanted it, not the way we would have done it! It's YOUR problem"

Some very good advice from Uncle Bob!!!! Possibly some of that "been there, done that" advice????

The one thing I would add is to find a machine shop that can do all the machine work, balancing, cylinder heads, etc that will be necessary for the build... Also seems to work best when the outside machine work is all done in the same facility!!!