They're Alusil (non-magnetic). If you run your fingernail along the top part of the cylinder wall you can feel the wear (there's a tiny ridge). The pistons look good, but need to be cleaned up. Everything else looks good (cams, etc... now visible wear) So I guess I'm faced with new cylinders or used. My buddy can get me a set of Mahle P&C's for about the price of a new set of Nickies but either way I'm looking at @ $3k just for those, not including the rest of the work (heads redone, studs etc...). I'd like to avoid any issues in the future, essentially build everything to spec, basic 3.0SC and be done with it. Is it too risky to buy used cylinders and use my exisiting pistons with new rings?
Thank you everyone for the input this far, and the deep breathing advice, it works.
