The importance of a torque plate

Don't forget the mains, torqued to spec for the fasteners used, or not torqued at all. No numbers here, But it can be huge, relatively speaking.
Max1196 checked the mains on my 440 block that another machine shop did 4 or 5 years ago. Up and down was good but side to side it was out .005 thou. So no bearing crush. This block was line bored with billet main caps. Needless to say I was/am pretty disappointed. The bore job on the cylinders was crap also. Time to do a different block. Kim