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Message: <blockquote data-quote="g36 monkey" data-source="post: 983661" data-attributes="member: 10997">Alright bud.  It's a buit nerveracking doing your first one.My honest suggestion, after building my own shortblock from the bare block, is to let a machine shop assemble it and check all the clearances etc.Then do the top end yourself.  I screwed up and put my thrust bearing in the wrong position (first time engine builder without good pictures in the instructions) and had to pull and re-tear down the motor.I would break it all down myself, pull the pistons, crank, etc.  Take it to a machine shop, let them magnaflux, bore (if needed) and hone, check your line bore, etc.  But before you take it there go ahead and order your 347 stroker kit, bring it in with you and let them put it all back together.  Get the cam figured out in that time too, though the cam is easy enough you could do it.Putting everything in baggys  helps a lot, I try to do it but we usually get halfway through a job and say screw it, but a lot of stuff is proprietary so you will know if it's in the right place or not.Some on here will disagree with a machine shop doing it, but I think it's worth having a shop do it after doing it all myself once and risking blowing the motor.  If  it blows up for assembly reasons, you can take it to the shop and show them it was their fault.</blockquote>