cleaning and painting my block

Someone said on another thread ..........Quote : Another perspective and based on the opening post... If you really wanted it "RIGHT" you should have had the crank turned, indexed, and stroke corrected, the rods resized (so the lengths are equalized), and the block align honed, and machined on a fixture to square deck it..........End of quote

Not sure what he means on some parts, I did have the crank turned, it was cut/machined down for oversized bearings, ( is that what he meant ? )

Indexed. I googled crankshaft indexing and kinda get what it means, as mentioned Ive already had the crank turned down so Im assuming that going back and having other work at this point would prob. be hard to justify, sound right? Same with the stroke correction?

Im not building an Winston Cup wannabe but again I would like to do things right.

The block originally went to a fine machine shop, they were the ones that cut the cylinders, turned and balanced the parts, wouldnt they have checked the main bearing alignment?

The crank turns freely when installed. Ive read that as long as it dosent feel to bind that Id be good to go?

These people are good, I trust them, Im assuming if it needed doing they would have informed me and done it.

The guy that cut my deck only got that work cause he was closer, I thought it was less hassle for me but it turned out the other way. I wont bring him anything else.

Thats twice now Ive walked away with a less than desirable experience so shame on me. I did ask him about the filthy block and his reply was when they originally manufactured the blocks they werent too clean going together so I should just not worry so much about it. I knew that didnt sound right but Im tired of debating with people.