400/450 stroker....Cheap parts, lotta work.

Just a quick thing that I had to rediscover when doing a prelube.....To oil the 1,3,5,7 rockers (left bank) you need to be on #8 TDC (fire). To oil the right bank rockers (2,4,6,8) you need to be on #6 TDC (fire). Now I must clean the oil off the shop floor and then crawl around in the irrigation ditch to measure for the new mainline offset. Oh Joy!

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I agree that paint looks terrific! Do you clean the block with something like brake cleaner to clean off the grease before painting?