Todd, certainly we both agree the resto/mod shops engine machining would be very important.
But one area I think we just have to agree to disagree is even as a regular tech I think you would be using the principles of machining on a daily basis, even if you might not be doing the machining yourself. I would hope any tech that was working on a car of mine would be double checking what came back from a machine shop, or double check that new part instead of just bolting it on and hope that it works.
I think you have to understand engine machining to really know backwards and forwards how all this stuff is supposed to fit together. Having done the actual machining a few times I think gives a person a much greater understanding, and that should translate to having the ability to spot something or knowing how to measure if something is wrong even with a "fresh" or brand new part.
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