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hemi446 said

I have my own machine shop and nothing ever left my shop looking like that. The bores look like they had water left in them that's why they look pitted they don't look like they have been bored. The cam bearings are shot they wouldn't last 5 mins and just waste your cam. If you have another block start with that and get it done by someone that has a good reputation. Then take the first block and the bill and ask the first shop to cover it 18 months and a half *** job there is no reason for them to be in business.

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That's what I've been told by these three shops too. Hate to have a brand new box of king cam bearings ruint but it is what it is. And I already tried to get that shop to make good on it, got told to "f%%k off" . I even talked to an attorney, itd cost more to fight the guy in court than it would be to start over. I do know the bores were done, they were done by a previous shop prior to the rod bearing spinning. That said, I think I shall start over. Hopefully one of the two cores can be good to go at .030 . I am lucky, my rotating assembly was done by a different shop cause the shop that did the block, their machine broke and they never got it fixed so I went to a third party. Luckily that has all checked out good by the other shops.