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Originally Posted by strat61caster

Waiting for shims to finish the engine, valve lash is out, not by a ton but by enough that most need a size or two up to hit nominal spec, 3-4 are actually out of spec. Crank bearing #3 had some light damage so the rod was the big one, block should be good to be put back together and kept as a spare, might need a new crank though.

As a note, d4-s does not eliminate buildup on the intake valves, a few were pretty grimy after 117k miles, cleaned up the buildup on the combustion chamber as well. Some flashing on the intake tells me a diy port job would yield gains, but not worth the effort for the average Joe (or those competing where the rules prohibit it). Also lapped the valves because there was some pitting and the service manual recommended it.

Even pure port injected engines and carbureted engines have about as much buildup as what you have on your valves. That's really not bad.