[67gtospud]

I got the block back Friday. Saturday afternoon I received the new dipstick tube from our host. I wish it would've been a tighter fit than it was but with a little high temp rtv it went in snug. Double checked all of my oil clearances on rods and mains and all are 0.0015-0.002". The rotating assembly all went together smooth as did the windage tray, lower dipstick tube and oil pump. I'm still waiting on my cam and lifters which I'm not too happy about as its been just over 2 weeks now. So since I'm waiting now I went ahead and bagged the engine where paint should no go and primed and painted it and set the already painted parts on the block and everything looks great. So I guess I'll update again once my cam and lifters arrive

[428GTO70]

Originally Posted by 67gtospud

I got the block back Friday. Saturday afternoon I received the new dipstick tube from our host. I wish it would've been a tighter fit than it was but with a little high temp rtv it went in snug. Double checked all of my oil clearances on rods and mains and all are 0.0015-0.002". The rotating assembly all went together smooth as did the windage tray, lower dipstick tube and oil pump. I'm still waiting on my cam and lifters which I'm not too happy about as its been just over 2 weeks now. So since I'm waiting now I went ahead and bagged the engine where paint should no go and primed and painted it and set the already painted parts on the block and everything looks great. So I guess I'll update again once my cam and lifters arrive

Awesome! I always liked that part of the build. Getting new paint on the block and seeing how its gonna look. Grats!