Well, I'm out here Randy's, and went to get the new tires on the new rims. The rims are disappointing-the edges are far from round, and one of the welds leaked. After a trip to the welding shop, I finally got the tires mounted.
Don has been working with Rick at Boyd Enterprises, to get the block ready. The plan was to rough in the main bores, fill the block 5" from the deck, bore and polish the mains, and do the valve job. Simple right?
Nope! . Rick went to rough in the main bores, and found out the center main was off a thousandth and a half of being round. WTF?
Dale had wanted 5 thousandths crush on the mains, like we ran last year. After Rick and Don did some investigative work this morning, the 'crush' is the issue-when the girdle is tightened up, it's egging the half of the main integral to the block. We didn't catch this last year, but I'm happy we did this year !They will remove the crush one thousandth at a time, until the issue is resolved, then continue on with the block work.
Nice catch, Don!
Update from Don:
Ok I just talked to Rick and yes as soon as he released the girdle the block straightened out with-in .0005 so the crush on mains have to be .001 to .0015 max