getting a move on this. Engine is going back together! I sent the whole crank/piston assembly out to be balanced, and i thought they would remove the crank oil gallery plugs and clean them but they did not. I cleaned them as well as i could without removing the plugs, then got a nagging feeling and decided to dremel out the plug screws. Im glad I did because all that black shit was in the crank oil gallerys still. I didnt have a good punch to stake the gallery plugs with so my buddy suggested i tack the screws in with silicon bronze. The bottom end is assembled with new bearings, new cam chain. I honed the small end of the connecting rods with a 320grit brush hone to remove the glaze. they haave a nice cross-hatch now. It specfically says in the manual "DO NOT REUSE CONNECTING ROD BOLTS" but after talking to the dudes at Falicon Cranks they said it would be fine. I'm waiting on a buret so I can measure the piston dome of these custom pistons so I can determine the new compression ratio.