Oh man, how embarrasing. (Uncle Tony/Nick's Garage)

Ive told this story 100 times but one more couldn't hurt.. long ago I had a 318 short block, re man'd new that I actually found in junked project truck in the wrecking yard... clean fresh bores and pistons .020..it was cobbled .020 steel crank and pressed 360 rods.
.At the time I was a 340 die hard and 318's were like slants to me...I left bagged on a stand in my front yard under a tree for a year or so....in between builds I realized I needed it for service. At rhis point it had some pitting in one cylinder from condensation being outside...so I sand papered it out...crank had some mild rust spots smoothed with a light file...lol... 340 cam and 234 heads. Stock valve gear and push rods ...still runs great and will buzz over 5500 all day. You really gotta **** something up with these things.lol
If anything was machined...there would be a deduction of tolerances. The block,heads milled make a .039 gasket addition more like .030 , more when the block is slanted off to one end...simply cause you have to cut more to get it straight. Point is his pushrods wouldn't be .100 too short...
That same motor had the bypass stick on the pump and only put out 20psi one day... till i free revved it 6000 rpm and it cleared the **** right out.. lol i didnt give a fk about it. Like i said.. you really have to go something up bad on these things.