[FlyingDutchman]

Ok, how bout we just iron the bottom end/machine work out first then go from there. Ill come back to the other stuff after. Although this motor has 118k, it also made ~22psi hot, ~40psi @ 1800 rpm, and 60psi cold oil pressure, so it's not like this motor was trashed. I just figured it'd be a good time to throw new bearings in while its out and address any weakness that would interfere with my cam choice (such as reconditioned rods/arp bolts). So machine work should be minimal, I think.

I've been reading the stock rotating assembly is quite strong and can handle almost 7k rpm with ARP bolts, some argue for stock spec bearing cleanances while others vote up to 0.0025-0.0030 instead of 0.0015 (stock?) and 20w50 . If that's true Id have no issue spinning to 6500 with LE2s?

Aside from bearings I have hot tank/bake/blast, cylinder hone/rings, and crank balance/polish. I emailed the shop and asked for some prices, they listed cutting the crank ... Is that necessary?

Weather is getting warm, so hopefully I can get this party started and find out what's going on.