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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mikloangelo" data-source="post: 27376" data-attributes="member: 13767"><p>Finally got my new engine stand and it was Chinese crap, so I ordered a quality one and don't regret it. I decided to break it in right away and throw the block on it and strip it down to the short block. As much as I didn't want to, I'm going ahead and doing the full send and doing the bottom end. I couldn't justify getting to this point and not doing it. I did, however, decide to take it to a machine shop to bake the engine and clean it up and mill it and hone the cylinder walls, replace the main bearing and cam bearings, gen 4 connecting rods and new pistons, and grind/polish the crank. I opted to let a professional do all that because frankly it scares me. There are a lot of tolerances to look at, and the last thing I want to do is screw something up after dumping all this money into it.</p></blockquote><p></p>