Bill I really don't want to tell you what to do but PLEASE be careful how much money you spend on a stock block. If and when you decide to really lean on a stock block it will break. Money spent bushing a stock block, concrete, girdles, and new main caps and the associated machine work go along ways toward buying a GOOD block. Not sure how fast you are planning on going but stay away from all the voodoo tricks. Rant off.
While true, that's no reason not to do it RIGHT. If you opt for the stock block, you could apply that logic to basically anything.........No need to square deck it, because it's only a stock block and will break anyway. No need to check line hone and no need to do any number of operations, so to me that's not a valid argument.
With a stock block, yep you know the risks and that's YOUR choice, but I still believe that it needs to be done RIGHT. No voodoo involved just proper machining practices
