[ponyakr]

"...Back in the day we removed the cylinder ridge, honed the cylinders and put new rings in. We didn't have money for new pistons..."


Lol !

Yeah, the term that was used back in the old days was to put "Rings & Inserts" in an engine. Shade tree mechanics have been doing that for a long time, or at least they did back in those old days.

I've related here how that back in the winter of '82-'83, me & a friend I called "Cotton" put together a couple of 400 engines to power our bracket cars.

Removed the top ridge with a ridge reamer I borrowed from my Dad. Scratched up the cylinders with a ball flex hone, & put 'em back together with new inserts(bearings), rings, cam, lifters, & oil pump.

We ran high 13's that season. Both of us won races & made enuff points to go to the bracket finals. Cotton won the biggest race of the year at our local track, called the LA State Championship.