[Zeke]

Thanks, Bobby. I did see your issue with the case machine work and did quite a bit of reading here last night. Seems like there are some pitfalls and everything is not cut and dry.

Yes, this would be my first six and it is sort of a trial run. I have looked at other motors for sale, but they all seem to have some issue or another (or they wouldn't be for sale, LOL) The 2.7 mentioned needed a rebuild if I read the ad right. Now I know how expensive it CAN be to build a motor correctly. But, for this time, I'm gonna take a plug and play tack on the thing like MM does. I will find used parts as I go that are in spec and I will attempt to assemble the thing w/o a ton of outside machine work.

The most interesting thing I read last night was about the instability of the cases. That was not as issue when I built 914 Type IV motors. Those aluminum cases were great. I guess that's why AL cases from '78> are good.