Bare Bones Budget 400 Build

One thing I forgot to include was regarding the crankshaft. If you remember in one video, I talked about how dirt daubers had built into the main journal oil passages and how important it was to make sure all of the oil passages were unblocked and CLEAN. Well, the oil passages in the crank were the SAME. It is IMPERATIVE that when you assemble one that you double and triple check how clean things are, or you can end up with a real catastrophe on your hands. In my case, I would not be out "much", since, by necessity, I have an absolute minimum of money outlay. Still though, I am going to have "all I can put" in it, so to me, I would be out a good bit. But for someone whose build is a 10K, 15K, 20K or higher build, attention to detail is even more important. Having a problem because of a parts failure is one thing. That's out of your control. But having a failure directly related to a poor assembly such as not being clean is another thing entirely. THAT is within your control, or the control of "whomever" is assembling your engine. All of this even goes for "NEW" parts or "freshly machined" parts. If you get parts back from your machine shop and they tell you it's "ready to assemble" guess what? Well, NO, IT'S NOT! Not until you've gone over every inch of those parts, inside and out with soapy water and engine brushes. NOBODY and I mean NOBODY is perfect! Don't let someone else ruin a perfectly good build for you. There's no excuse for it.