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Have my L59 pulled apart in preparation for a cam, decided to check a main since the bolts are reusable and I had to pull the pan to get the pickup oring(thank God I did, that oring was plasticized and broke just pulling it out). The main has a weird wear pattern and a slight scratch that I can just barely barely feel with my nail, crank feels smooth and doesn't appear to have anything embedded in it.
Should I just run them or should I get replacements? I'll be putting in a sloppy stage 2 and a HV oil pump so it's not going to be making all that much power.
Peace of mind mostly, my truck is having issues with lifter noise and keeping the pressure up and I'd rather deal with it now in this engine since it's going in a C4 Vette, this engine has unknown miles and in unknown condition when I bought it. I just pulled my trucks oil pump off and even with all the room in a truck, it was a pain, With the condition of the engine being an unknown, I figured that I'd put one in to compensate for any looser tolerances than desirable until I'm ready to yank the engine and start rebuilding it for boost in a year or two, plus saves me the trouble of having to do it then to be able to feed the turbos. I should mention that I swapped in stock spring so I will only have slightly higher oil pressure, I'm not trying to blow seals out, just want the insurance that even if things were loose I'd still have good oil pressure.
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Thoughts on this Main Bearing? 
