Let me throw this out,
THey got some badger B290 used 40 over pistons on ebay right now for 100 dollars. They look OK. This mag block is really something I dont feel comfortable putting serious money into. I am thinking about buying the pistons (they are the same as the dished ones in it right now, but flat tops. Throwing that junk onto the stock unsized rods, putting a cheap rebuild kit in it. Not balancing it, and seeing how long it takes to blow up. I mean, I got the scat rods, and those could wait for a better block and maybe some stroker peices.
This would be a cheap, OMG I cant believe he did that engine. But the compression would be around 8.9 to one. And it would get my car on the road.
Sound like a crazy plan?
I hate the fact that some moron bored a perfectly good mag block over to .040.