well, it was balanced, the crank had to be welded and ground 10 under, polished, I had them put the pistons on the rods, etc. I just gave it all to them and they gave it back to me ready to assemble. And it was napa.

maybe that was the problem from the beginning! haha.
But here's what I am going to do now. I am going to find a block, have it checked for cracks, if it checks out good, I'm going to have it bored .030 over and slap my innards into the fresh block and whip it back together.
Any suggestions if I do it that way?