why do you need to be honed with deck plates

why do you need to be honed with deck plates? i wont to rebuild my 340,there is nothing wrong with it as far as i know.i have never ran it but it has bean sitting for over 2 years.i planed on putting it in when in got it but shit happens like i had a mild heart attack and then thay find a spot on my liver and my lung.so i thought i would freshen it up.this is the build on my 340 Work done: O-ringed, tubed for roller cam, oil gallies enlarged, bored to 4.07
(.030 over) and honed with deck plates by Herb McCandless.

340 steel crank
Prepared by Lunati, stroked .110 to 3.42 stroke and balanced to 8000 rpm's.im planning on shifting at 7200.

340 steel rods
Prepped by Lunati. Hand picked set. All are within .001 of each other in length. Bronze bushed, balanced and lightened.

Heads
340 X heads with 2.08 intake valves and 1.60 exhausts. Double springs for
.700 lift cam, Maximum porting on intake and exhaust ports.Ports are 63cc combustion chambers. heads flow a little over 260 cfm.

Pistons
Venolia lightweight forged pistons. Uses dykes top ring, 1/16 2nd ring and standard tension oil rings. Weight is 510 grams.the Compression is 11.3

Intake
Holley Strip Dominator ported to match heads.950 carb holley by biggs

Camshaft
Cam Motion roller 269 275 @ .050 and .631 lift with 1.5 rocker Valves set on .024 .028
RPM range 4500-7500. Cam is degreed in at 104 deg centerline.

Other Parts
High volume Melling oil pump, Comp Cams roller lifters, Crane 1.5 roller rockers(gold), Fluid Balancer, windage tray, Cloyes double roller timing set. SCE copper head gaskets(.060). Tall valve covers for use with roller rockers. Moroso 8 qt deep sump oil pan. Bronze cam gear for use with roller cams
thanks im hoping for 11's
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