Well, the engine got pulled & stripped & everything rechecked, & rechecked again. It rotates fine as a long block, but as soon as I connect the valve train, it goes bad. So I currently have some weaker valve springs in it & it turns over with the torque wrench at 62lbs, which is a lot better than 120lbs it did before. The motor is back in the car, just waiting for me to add all the accessories so we can restart it. I am hoping after I have done a few heat cycles & maybe a bit of public road rural driving, things will bed in a bit better & then I can up my spring pressure again. The springs I had in it were 640lb rated springs, I'm thinking I should drop this to 525lb rated springs. Only problem is, I have a set of them, but I recently put them into my other street/strip car. Its Summer downunder & seriously too hot to be in the shed during the day. Since we are past the xmas rubbish now, I'm guessing I'll spend the next 2 nights in the shed finishing everything off. watch this space.