350kmileford
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I'll potentially be building a turbo engine over the next 1-2 years. I currently have a spare dual bolt pattern block. 200ci. I picked it up 'with low miles, had recently been rebuilt'. I have never ran it. It is .040" overbore.
When I bought it I tore it down for inspection. This may have been a bad idea but I'd planned on swapping some parts. I currently plan on making it a high-horsepower build. I may or may not go with forged pistons, to be determined.
IF I wanted to get new/forged pistons, could I get .040 larger and put them in no problem? Would I need to re-cross hatch the bores for proper break in? Is that a strange thing to do? I.e. a complete new overbore is necessary?
Should I just spend a little more time/money now and just (attempt to) get another block that has little/no overbore? Should I increase the bore to .050"?
When I bought it I tore it down for inspection. This may have been a bad idea but I'd planned on swapping some parts. I currently plan on making it a high-horsepower build. I may or may not go with forged pistons, to be determined.
IF I wanted to get new/forged pistons, could I get .040 larger and put them in no problem? Would I need to re-cross hatch the bores for proper break in? Is that a strange thing to do? I.e. a complete new overbore is necessary?
Should I just spend a little more time/money now and just (attempt to) get another block that has little/no overbore? Should I increase the bore to .050"?