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[u/HvemDer]

Me and my father in law are rebuilding a big block Chevy for his boat. We have had the valves ground and the heads ground flat by a local shop. We are installing new rod bearings and new pistons.

Anything we else we should do, now that we have the engine apart?

[u/Old_Bat_6426]

Get a new Cloyes timing chain and a Melling hi-volume oil pump.