What is your engine bore?
NM, searched the thread and saw its 4.030. Hopefully that's the case. If you happen to have a micrometer, wouldn't hurt for you to check one or two cylinders and see how close to that you are. The rings are for your bore size, it just seems like maybe someone might have been off by a couple thousands (.001 or .002) and the rings honed it out. At any rate, hopefully they get you fixed up really soon. During break in, make sure you add zinc additive to the motor.
One would think you would have to wash the rings down pretty bad initially for the cylinders to look like that from such little run time... From my understanding, rick didnt do his own machine work so at this point it is anyones guess as to why the bore is in the shape it is in.
...but....but... why??I'm super cereal, noobz. Excelsior!
Easy there noobz. All is well.
I shot the compressor housing with some wrinkle black. I'm digging it. I had a small run in one spot, but it's in an area that can't be seen. The paint was still somewhat wet in these pictures.
I'm over the whole polished look, so everything in my engine bay that is polished will become wrinkle black. The throttle body, IAC, intake pipe, and water pump will get the same treatment. I just won't be touching the accessory pullies or brackets. Those can stay the machined look to provide some contrast. The durability of the paint is all that remains to be seen.