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5.0 Longest engine life possible??????

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fivespeedsteed said:
wait until jrhichker gets here. he has over 400.xxx k i know dont remember if his has been apart or not.

dont mind me im at 94,000.

what do you highmilers do about your lifters, mine tick like crazy, would taking it apart to fix that be considered taking it apart?
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure it has been rebuilt with a 308 or something
 

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Oil pump locked up at 108k. Motor required boring so I took it to .030 oversize. Crank just needed polishing. Gonna have the rods inspected/pistons replaced and bottom half done shortly. Stock clutch looked pretty decent for being as driven hard as it has been, but I replaced it while I was there.
 
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