Here's just a couple of pics of the disassembled engine in various stages.
 

 
Here are the valves, having just returned from the beauty parlour, where they got a 3-angle valve job. Happy together. Only don't forget to number them, or else you will forget which hole they came from... finished valves Click to enlarge

 

 
almost finished cylinderhead Click to enlarge This is a close-up of one of the heads. It has had a 3-angle valve job, and the exhaust valve guides were fitted with bronze linings. (K-line). The inlet guides were still within spec. Next time I have this sort of work done, I'd better bowl-port the heads first. Now this still needs to be done, with a greater chance of damaging the valve seats.

 

       
The empty block, after cleaning, boring (bored 0.020" over) and honing, waiting to be stuffed with all kinds of goodies. cleaned and honed block click to enlarge

 

  After reading a lot of answers to other peoples' questions, and asking a few questions of my own in various newsgroups and at moparchat and moparts web board, I came up with this:
 

 

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