Mike I build all my stuff hospital clean. After the I picked the short block up from the shop I cleaned off the cylinder walls with wd 40 and paper towels as the wd 40 lifts all the crap off the cylinders to wipe away.
Mike this was a rebuild. The block was line honed with ARP studs and the scat H beam rods got honed to size as well so everything was dead on. Bearings used were ACL race tri metal.
The crank is a virgin crank uncut. Bearing clearances were set at .0028. Oil to be used will be Brad Penn 15/40...
I would think the best would be to have the big ends of the rods remachined and honed to spec. Its what the engine was desighed for and would be the easy road on your part.
Only problem would be if the rods used studs or bolts to holt the cap on. As the studs will have to be removed before...
On a new engine is it true to see some small bearing debris in the oil filter?
From my understanding when the bearings are newly installed they are not perfectly round as the journal they are riding on is?
I have seen this on 2 new engines and the wear found is no longer found after about 1000...
