[dmartin1]

Originally Posted by Ticker

I typically paint the inside of my performance engines with Glyptal which is all that's needed for a street engine.

The question stands of how a block can be machined without a piston/ring in-hand, as the whole point of boring/honing is to a) establish the proper bore/piston clearance and b) to build a finish appropriate for the ring.

i understand what your saying,i was basically saying other then boring/honing the only other machining is clearancing the block?i didnt say i was jumping ahead and getting a block randomly bored and what not without the pistons etc in hand.