I got some more updates to post.
as you can tell I got the non jet valve head all installed, and I deleted balance shafts, and I installed the main timing chain, and the smaller secondary one installed, I also painted the oil pan, and balance shaft inspection cover gold, it was in an effort to try and match the brass freeze plugs theme.
Here are a few free general tips for other DIY guys, that plan to rebuild their own motor, if you decide to use a cheep gasket set I strongly recommend that you not use the head gasket that is included in these cheep sets, all the other gaskets are okay in the cheep gasket set for the most part, but I have personally had cheep head gaskets blow on me, ether in between cylinders, or just not seal at all this has happened on at least 3 occasions, and these were not high HP builds ether, so from now on I like to use the fel-pro perma torque head gaskets, so far no issues with them, also skip using the oil pan gasket, especially if your oil pan is flat, it might be a good option for guys that have somewhat bent oil pans, but even in these cases, I suggest you still apply a light application of RTV on both sides of the oil pan gasket before installation, I like to use just the gray high temp RTV silicone sealant on good flat oil pans, doing it this way I have never had an oil pan leak on me, the trick is to apply an even smooth clean layer of RTV over the pan, install the pan on the block not fully torqued, just snug, meaning you still need to crush the lock washers on the small M10 oil pan bolts wait about 5-10 minutes and then torque them down fully, and try to avoid getting any rtv in the threads of the block, I have heard of guys using black high temp RTV with good results too, but most oil pans are black [not in my case, since I painted it gold lol]so it can sometimes be hard to tell if you have even coverage of sealant on the pan, hence why I like to use the gray over the black sealant, but ether will work, you just have to have a keen eye with the black RTV.
I spent some time polishing my valve cover to a mild chrome finish.
I got the motor in the truck, I'm waiting on some other parts at the moment namely I ordered an all aluminum radiator, some spark plug boots and some other parts that I'm waiting on more updates soon.
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