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Thank you Magnus, Steve, for your advice. This is exactly why I posted and exactly not what I wanted to hear!

This is not going to be a race engine, nor will it be in a concours car. I know what should be done, and with an unlimited budget, I would be doing it. I was hoping that there was a little leeway here. And, I could make a decision based on the trade offs.

Considering this was a running engine that turned out to be a POS core, I thought well, it has been cleaned, measured, case inserts done, rebearinged, sealed, pistons, induction, head work, etc, it has be to be a decent build, not a perfect build. Believe me I am not cheaping out on this. I wish I lived out west where good machine shops flourish. Up here in the Northeast there was no one I could find that was experiienced in this type of case work. Everything gets shipped somewhere and returned.

So I can tear it all down, and clean it up, and ship it all to one of the other great west coast machine shops, or, what exactly can I expect?

No one makes corrections, every case gets re-machined? I am not exactly slapping this thing back together. I guess what I am asking is what specifically do you think will result? I really am listening and am seeking advice.

Thanks
John