How difficult should it be to turn over by hand??

krazykuda said
3 times max after it's out of the factory.

If you have to replace the rod bolts, you should have the crank bore on the rod refinished as the bolts locate the cap and the new bolts will locate the cap differently. It will need to be re-machined when you change the bolts...

Here's a link to some replacement bolts:

http://www.manciniracing.com/rodbolts.html

Thanks krazykuda! I actually went through and loosened the caps and it made a massive difference, i noticed that a few of them looked really beatup to the point where i had to knock out the rod bolts to get the caps off. Im considering going with the eagle rods, i feel like if i try to reuse these that it is going to be a shortcut and i dont want to compromise this build in any way.

66fs said
Did you rotate it after each piston and rod assembly? Do the cylinders bearings and rings have a plenty of oil? If you have all good parts and machine work it should not be that hard to turn without heads.

66fs, i did rotate them after i installed them, the odd sides were fine but when i got into the even sides especially 6 and 8 thats where it all went south.

Thanks!

Jake