L78 rebuild

[bbbentley]

And don’t under any circumstances deck the block where the front pad stampings are!

I want to add: I would de-grease the block, and if it is not all carboned up or sludged up on the inside, I would clean it myself using a power washer, degreaser and a rifle brush kit to clean passages. My reasoning for doing this yourself is there may be paint markings on the block from the factory and I would want to preserve these and that goes to my next point that I would shy away from painting the engine, that is, if you are interested in keeping the value up of the car. Just my opinion.
Last : if you are just taking the car to shows, cruise ins, etc...and not a daily driver, I would not put stellite seats on the exhaust valves.
Have everything manufluxed, money well spent. Static balancing the rotating assembly is one thing I would advocate that is not part of a “stock” rebuild.