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**truckster** · 01-10-2018, 12:43 AM

I don't know any good machinist who would bore a SBC block to .080 over. The reason I say that is that you have to consider a question: If they were willing to go that thin on the cylinder walls, what else did they do to that motor?

01-10-2018, 12:43 AM	#5
truckster Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Orem, Utah Posts: 7,794	Re: Can I use a 350 Chevy that is bored .080 oversize? I don't know any good machinist who would bore a SBC block to .080 over. The reason I say that is that you have to consider a question: If they were willing to go that thin on the cylinder walls, what else did they do to that motor? __________________ I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. - Thomas Jefferson