Hard block???

Thanks again Brian6pac! Yes, I definitely could see cold seizure becoming an issue, I had forgotten about you mentioning that on the last posting... my concern was having cylinders set out of round but I would torque the mains and torque on a set of compressed head gaskets in with whatever heads I used while filling the block. Then (this part hurt$) have whatever your piston manufacturer (Call Them!) recommends for block filler (I.e. JE recommends .00166 for every inch of piston diameter for filled blocks and usually more ring end gap as well) torque plate honed out of the cylinders. I guess cost for honing cylinders twice could answer the question of why it’s better to do fill block beforehand...