Troubles taking a 360 .060?

If a shop charges $80 you can wipe your *** with the results. Cheap sonic testers are as good as experience, internet myths, and machinist’s eyes. A good certified tester, and as important a good human doing it is critical if you want a true result.

Let me ask: you got cheap pistons. You have to buy a crank, and all the other stuff, plus have it machined. How is it too expensive to spend hundreds to determine if the expense of thousands will bring success?

Well, I think I would do both. When you're at a swap meet and looking at a block it might be handy to have a sonic tester to see if it would a good candidate. I not interested in buying every block I see to find a good one. I have no problem paying my machinist (Hughes Engine) to do a sonic test.

This post has nothing to do with cost but rather what have other experienced with their 360 blocks and I guess you and I would differ on the term "cheap pistons"