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I have built 30 engines in my life. 6 have been Briggs 5 horse race engines, 2 small block Fords,13 Small block Chevy stock car engines a 250 inline Chevy engine and the rest Pontiac v8's. None of these engines had difficulty in ring sealing and none had rod bearing issues that were related to improper assembly. Oh, I had dropped valves, broken conecting rods and oil starved bearings (Oil pump belt came off)and an air filter stud getting swallowed up,but they all were checked and double checked. I wasn't doing it for a living so the time spent wasn't and issue. I crew chiefed a Late Model that the owner had the engine "professionally" built. It didn't last 2 hotlaps. So it's a crap shoot if you don't know how to do stuff. I feel your pain.