Observation
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I did notice that when I placed the main bearings in the caps, there is almost no protrusion...the bearing does not protrude above either side of the cap parting...whereas when I look at the main bearing shell in the block, I can see there is a small amount of bearing protrusion (the bearing does protrude a small amount). I know that bearings have a 'crush' so that when they are torqued they use this 'crush' to get the correct diameter. So, I guess most of the crush (ie. bearing protrusion) is in the block half of the bearing shell.
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Test fitted crank
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I took out BOP seal and put the crank in the block. I tightened down each cap , one at a time to spec and then made sure the crank still spun easily. The crank did spin easily with all caps on and tightened to spec. It was taking less than 25ft/lbs to turn the crank (my torque wrench only goes to 25ft/lbs) with all caps torqued down. All the other main bearings look to be aligned ok.
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