Check your reluctor ring while its out

 

What am I looking for on my reluctor ring? Somehow whatever I don't pay extra attention to will be the next fail point lol.

 

Im not sure yet, but I didnt check mine and its pretty certainly the issue with my 408 lol

 

Check run out and make sure it’s straight And welded on

 

and check your taint for discolor

 

That's a nice parts list for sure.

You'll be good just make sure you have a quality torque wrench and it's calibrated correctly.
I'd invest in the Saccitycorvette front & rear cover seal alignment tools and his billet barbell.

 

Got the tsp barbell. TSP accidentally gave me gen 3 headbolts and cam bearings for a gen 4 block. The guy i talked to at tsp said my block is a gen 3.5 which is basically a gen 4 block that was produced late in 03. My first rings to file got out of hand and ended up as a loose .032 instead of .026 so i guess i’ll replace those 2 rings. I feel like it would be fine, but my ocd wont let me leave it alone.

all of the measurements look good and its ready to slap together as soon as the right cam bearings get here.

All of the bearings that came out looked decent except for these two. Hopefully it was the source of my lowish oil pressure. Thanks to my buddy mike for holding my hand on this build and teaching me the ropes.

 

I suspect it’s discolored.

 

Yeah those two bearings have seen better days. I'm sure you know to use a good assembly lube on the bearing faces only, the backsides go in dry. Stay away from any lithium white grease inside the motor as lithium will harden and clog internal passages. Don't forget to set the thrust bearing after you get the main bolts lightly tightened. You want those thrust surfaces to be even before torquing the mains.

Just throwing things out because you said it's your first assembly... it's hard to understand another persons knowledge

 

Them bearings don't look great but I don't think that was your oil issue. I would suspect maybe a stuck relief at the pump.