when you run that loose you run the risk of burning oil. yeah you may have compression it may run but the grey smoke will be there and you are always topping the oil off. Tony knows this I suppose (maybe not?) maybe he's going by his cheap mantra and taking a chance I don't know. i know its future problems not addressing whether the engine needs proper overbore or not, and there are ways a do it yourselfer can measure and make an accurate determination.
