Stop in for a cup of coffee

K.. not trying to make anyone jealous but.... just pulled my 318 apart... so.. here's some sweet **** for ya.. BTW.. timing chain only about 2" of play... not the worst i have seen, cam spun like butter but i had to fight to get it out due to gunk on the edges of the cam journals.. bearings look great except one missing some babbitt, but.. that's just less drag on the cam! winning!
Rods pass the wiggle test.. they feel right in spec (no bad heat coloring or anything.. so.. not worried bout it)

P.S. this is just a temp motor to get the car mobile, just putting on the TF's and a roller cam to get it drivable.. this motor is going to have a short but painful life :)
Sooo.. here's some pics.. it smells like it looks..
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Now this i don't get.. i looked at the rods and saw markings, figured they were number but no.. they all have weird symbols on them, i had never seen this..

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Also, i have a sweet 1985 stock cam with unknown miles if anyone wants to tone down their car a bit :)

Dang... ya got a Klingon motor!!

Actually read somewhere that they'd use a number of different things to stamp... symbols and such. That's very cool