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Orpedcrow

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It’ll all be worth it. You’ve put a lot into it lately.
I think it might be worth putting more into it.

After seeing how bad all the journals are and how out of round and out of shape the cylinders are, I might take the block to the machine shop. $500 for vat, deck, bore and hone. Competition products has a balanced eagle rotating assembly with flex plate for $1100. AFR enforcer heads are $540 each. I’ll still be less than a cheap long block…
 

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I’m curious.
I am too. I see guys do it all the time, but they also have a lot more experience than I do. The handful of engines I’ve built have all been gone through by a machine shop. I also don’t want to do it then have to do it again.
 

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Machine shop. I have no problem building an engine with a groove in the cylinder wall, but this many grooves, this deep, along with the rough patches? The only way I'd run with a bore like this is if the engine had to go back together right now to get the car back on the race track.

That said, if you were to run it, it wouldn't cause any major issues. At its worst the symptoms would be a rough idle and some blowby at idle, maybe some oil buildup on the plug. The problems disappear at RPM because there's no time for the cylinder pressure to leak down.

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Apply white lithium grease to these o-rings.

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Pop it in, apply the provided purple loctite to the grub screws and tighten.

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Give it a shake and say, “That’s not going anywhere”

Harness modification/restoration is optional.

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Had to go back and find this. Will reference this if/when the time comes. And I had a good read through this thread again, win win!
 
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