Hi Dan, I was indeed referring to the thin shoulders. Everything else in within specs. It was suggested that this might have been done as part of the crank balancing procedure. I don't know about that. Thanks, Chuck MOPARMAN3@xxxx wrote: > In a message dated 11/8/2001 2:38:23 AM Eastern Standard Time, > chuxter@xxxx writes: > > >> www.garlic.com/~chuxter > > > > Chuck, I am not sure what you are referring to...Is it that the > forging looks thinner at the shoulder toward the rear main? If so I > would not worry about it unless the side clearance on the journal is > excessive. this would be measured with a feeler between #8 and #7 > rods, I think the spec is a max of .016", but check the book, if it > complies, just chalk it up to just mass production at it's finest and > button it up. The short block looks sweet! Best of luck, Dan Jenks > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]