snow306

are these little marks cause for concern? the look like stress marks to me but not sure if i should source a new block or build this one.

Pal215

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How many miles are on this block? Those marks are very common with hard use or high mileage engines. If you can't feel them with your fingernail then they are superficial. If you can, you can still build this block if you go with a slight overbore, which most people do in order to clean up and straighten the cylinder bore.

snow306

engine has about 95k miles on it.

Pal215

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Yup, that's par for the course then. Looks like some decent side loading wear as well, which is to be expected. I would be perfectly ok using this block for a rebuild as long as you bore and hone 0.020" over. Use a torque plate if you really want it to come out perfect.

LetsGetThisDone

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Those lines don't look deep. Could possibly get away with .010" bore. I always have my machine shop see what it takes to clean up the bore, then order pistons accordingly. It's worth the small extra expense and time taken given how 4g blocks are only getting more expensive and hard to find (especially evo blocks).

snow306

Thanks guys talked to my local machine shop and its gunna be about 400 bucks.

LetsGetThisDone

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Tell them you don't want it finish honed until you get pistons. You just want the bore cleaned up so they can tell you what size piston it will need.

snow306

what would the reason for that be wouldnt I need the finish hone either way?

2006EvoIXer

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You need to find your pistons, then measure each individually and decide which best fits into which cylinder. Then you know how much more you need to bore in each cylinder before finishing.

LetsGetThisDone

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Because they bore it unitl it's clean and ready to hone, then measure to see what size it is, order appropriate pistons, and finish hone for the pistons.