Originally Posted By dizuster

1) I filled the block AFTER it was machined... checking the bore before and after it didn't move hardly SQUAT...



I feel like with everything, there is a lot of people perpetuating old wives tales from things they've heard.


i have done this as well... on a tall deck big block, tall fill (bottom of the water pump holes). NO DIFFERENCE in the before and after measurements. at all. that engine lives on as we speak.

for what is the good life if not doing things thoughtfully?