340 Rebuild "Musts"

440fury said

Thank you for the responses! I read over my original post and what I'm trying to ask definitley could have been clearer - I'm looking for recommendations on what to have done at the machine shop in particular. Along the lines of if align boring, sonic testing, stress relieving, decking etc are needed on a street build.I really appreciate the help!

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Leave nothing out.
It should be decked, and the piston should come out of the block .040-.050 depending on head gasket, heads you are using and final compression ratio.
You MUST set the clearances and the mains MUST be line honed.
If you are having the crank ground, have them grind it to the minimum to -.0005 so you can make the hole in the mains and rods as small as possible.
If you are runnnind solid lifter, BUSH the passenger side oil gallery and plug off the driver side lifter feed.
Make all the main oil feeds 9/32 to 5/16.
Do not restrict the oil to the rockers.
Use full groove main bearings and if the shop won't use them, get a different shop. Getting some oil to the rods all the time is better than getting it there late.
Order a custom cam.
If using other than completely stock valve train, use the B3 racing engines geometry correction kit. Look up his web site to see how far off most people run their geometry.