[THEFERMANATOR]

Well just when things start looking up, they crash back down. It was a no go on the other engine. It's a good thing I brought my bore guage with me to check the bore. First thing I noticed was that the pistons were used and had been chemically cleaned, and that the cylinders had been honed and not bored like he said. The first words out of his mouth though was that "I was hoping the pictures of the new pistons would help it sell". So I took my guage and measured the cylinders. The bore was 25 thousands ovbersized at the smallest point, and 33 thousandths at the ports. BAD NEWS! This engine would be lucky to clean up at 30 and would most likely need to go 40 over. So I said no thank you. Fortunately he meet me 20 minutes from my house so I didn't have to drive an hour to look at it. So it looks like I'll be doing a write up soon on a powerhead rebuild, at least then I'll know who to blame if it aint right.