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I would be more worried about something getting missed cleaning the engine after machining blocking the oil ports to the back end of the crank. leading to bearing failure. also if clearances were checked with plastiguage instead of dial bore gauge you wouldn't know if crank was ground out of...

that isn't that big. lots of big block Chevys were over .004 from the factory. my 355 has 3.8 on the mains and over .004 on the rear main thrust bearing runs good with 50wt.

on oil pressure per rpm looks good, rule of thumb is 10psi per 1000rpm and your right there. what and for the journal sizes on that 455 crank I wouldn't worry at all about the higher tolerances. should run fine.

I would run driven 15w-50(HR1 for conventional or HR3 for synthetic) or their gp1 20w50.

I am going to try Driven GP-1 in my newly built 454 and 327 as well as I might change to it from Lucas oil 20w 50 hot rod oil in my 355

in canada at Canadian Tire they have a foaming tire sauce that works well, not greasy and once its drained off the tire just wipe it down so it doesn't sling. also I just used auto obsessed spray stuff and its nice.

put a proper sealant on it once and then forget about the spray detailer at the end. you can cut that step out unless you use it as a drying aid. and use a rins less wash so you don't spend so much time drying and whatnot.

2014 traverse. Castrol edge 5w30 out and in wix 10255 out and in.