Update just cos...
A win and a fail today, the bottom end said yes and the head said no.
Main clearance has been increased via bearing choice and is sitting at 3 thou. The crank is now lubed and sitting in there with no girdle yet, with approx 20lbft just to keep it in place.
I've got some valves to replace the bent and chipped ones but a couple of the seats in the head are damaged and as such the head will get some work. If I can get the seats cut to suit the current valves that'll be great but I have budgeted for oversize valves etc so that'll happen if needed.
I pulled apart the pistons and rods then cleaned up the piston damage from the porcelain. It's very minor and only on the crowns so was an easy fix with a file.
Anyhow there's another session, pics cos pics, also hectic valve spring specs lol