> A retired machinist friend of mine had looked at my pistons and block with
> a machinist friend of his and determined my engine was trash! Just like
> that! He only had some pictures to look at too. AND he interjected that why
> didn't I upgrade to a 350 Chevy!%#@!*+&^%$ Guess what I said!
>
> Well I took a piston to the guy who originally did my machine work. And he
> said it would not be like new but it could be used. He thought coating the
> pistons would be a good idea. I then took the block, crank and pistons to
> Randy Beyer racing engines in Gretna, NE who is the guy doing Dodger's
> work. He looked at the pistons and said it wasn't any problem at all. They
> could be used as is and would work just fine. He did think that coating
> them would be beneficial though. He said it would be good to replace all
> the bearings, polish the crank and hone the cylinders. I left the block for
> him to hone with a torque plate and to replace the cam bearings. He is also
> polishing the crank.
>
> He doesn't do the coating but gave me a name of a place to go. My powder
> coating guy was willing to give it a try but I think I'd prefer to go with
> a guy who does it everyday. That's kind of up in the air though as I'm
> afraid at about $175-$250 it may not be in my budget to coat the pistons
> now. If I wait it'll take to much time as I'm getting antsy. Randy says
> they are OK so I'll think on it and rattle the piggy bank:-)
>
> Anyway this is looking up and not nearly the doom and gloom spread by my
> ex-friend :-)
>
> --
> Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies
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