My doomed 408 build

No, having the guy come from the machine shop has nothing to do with the warranty from Hughes, but to me it was worth the $300.00 bucks for him to change out the springs on the heads, measure and build the push-rods, and the piece of mind that some one with more experience working on engines has looked over it.
the reason I ask this is because I just had a customer that had a crate motor and had a big check list of stuff that he had to have a Certified mechanic check off on so the warranty was valid. what really got me was the motor was already Dyno tested and the stuff on the checklist was stuff you needed the oil pan off for? It was quite ridiculous and looked like a big loophole for the manufacturer. Today's modern mechanic is a far cry from yesterday's. And to give that a little validity my son is a full Certified mechanic and does not have a timing light and cannot tune a carburetor. These things had stopped being used before he was born ! LOL..