Hoping I can get some advice.
I have to pull the engine for a oil pump and probably all new engine bearings. I was getting some oil pressure but not enough.
I am reluctant to have it bored because when I recently did the heads the cross-hatch on the cylinder walls and the wall condition in general was really good. Also if I can keep it a 302, and not a 306, that would be preferable.
My question is, can I just have the cylinders re-honed and install new stock specification pistons\rings, crank and rods? My engine ran pretty good with the stock machining tolerances on the block. Do I have to have it bored over, trued and honed?
If I went with new rotating assemble parts would the engine still need to be re-balanced? They would be stock specification parts.
I have to pull the engine for a oil pump and probably all new engine bearings. I was getting some oil pressure but not enough.
I am reluctant to have it bored because when I recently did the heads the cross-hatch on the cylinder walls and the wall condition in general was really good. Also if I can keep it a 302, and not a 306, that would be preferable.
My question is, can I just have the cylinders re-honed and install new stock specification pistons\rings, crank and rods? My engine ran pretty good with the stock machining tolerances on the block. Do I have to have it bored over, trued and honed?
If I went with new rotating assemble parts would the engine still need to be re-balanced? They would be stock specification parts.
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