I'm on my 4th engine in my car. I built this one as these so called Pontiac expert shops and high end speed shop that did my previous two were junk. Had a local good machine shop do the machining and I did the spec checking and assembly. Nobody will take the time to do it right but the owner of the car! All of these shops just slap them together. The Pontiac expert's engine had a rod knock at startup, even though he supposedly dynoed the engine. He had to replace the crank and redo it. Even after that it leaked oil like a siv and burned oil. Local builder that does high end Chevy race cars built my 2nd short block. Rings never seated, burned oil like crazy. My current engine, rings seated immediately, not even a puff of oil smoke at startup. All of the clearances from the machine work were spot on. Took my time and checked everything before and during assembly. I will never let anyone assemble an engine for me ever again.
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