Yup. Got a little more lifter valley caramel and gunk buildup than I'd like, but the bottom end is pure perfection, and you're the first person besides me to point out the factory crosshatched honing in the cylinder bores.

All 6 bores are near-perfect.

I actually had a pretty good idea of the condition of the cylinder walls before I tore off the heads. I used the borescope through the spark plug holes first, then tore off the oil pan for inspection. I could already see the crosshatching through the borescope before disassembly. If anything had looked 'wrong' or overly worn, I wouldn't have torn it down, and simply returned it for a better motor.

Here'* the #2, 4, and 6 cylinder bores:







And a little problem I encountered while removing the timing chain cover. This will be repaired this weekend:

(can you see the problem?)

is that a broken bolt i see

yup broken bolt time for the drill and the easy out whit the engine out is not that bad

It'll be a piece of cake in this condition.

I have enough sticking out to grind it flat first, then center punch it well.

Odd. :?: .I thought I had posted about the cross hatching in my 186K block. It looked similar to your new motor, these motors don't seem to wear rings or cylinder bores.

Bore wear is one thing (and I was expecting these to be near-virginity).

Compression is another thing. When I heard this motor was 175psi, with all cylinders within 5psi of each other, I shelled out the bucks.

Have you considered forged pistons. :?:
Just for that added measure of security.
Ya, I know they cost a bunch but....
What about the rod and crank bearings? Are you going to plasti-gage them to check tolerances?

Cylinder pressure is one thing.......oil pressure is another.