Ello chaps.

Bottom end is all built up, and as follows:-

Block rebored to 0.5mm oversize.
New AE 0.5mm oversize pistons and rings.
Polished crank with new standard bearings.
The old conrods with new bolts and shells etc...

My question is, when the cranks turned to the point were all the pistons are level within the block it gets very stiff.

Its pretty free until that point. But takes a bit of elbow grease to get it past that point. Is this normal on a freshly built engine? Obviously it isn't run in yet.

My thoughts were that it was because it wasn't run in yet and that the conrods are at there most extreme opposite angles, requiring a greater turning force on the crank?

Any advice would be great