will it hurt. whats your opinion
let me know what you think.
I just gotta say this;
the top inch or so of bore is where the power is made.
If you have a lo-compression design, this is more important than ever.
Every .001inch of change in bore-size, is a ring-gap change of .003 and change.
If your cylinders have ridges, your rings are guaranteed to be sliding back and forth in the ringlands, wearing them out, and cylinder pressure is guaranteed to end up in the pan.
and
when the piston goes down on the intake stroke, some of those oil-laden CC gasses can easily find their way into the combustion chambers, if not up past the rings, then in thru the PCV. Those gasses can lead to carbon build-up, to detonation, to a loss of power, and specifically, to a sluggish throttle.
The slanty is not known for it's fantastic cylinder pressure, so giving it away, is only gonna cost you engine-efficiency, and subsequent high cost of fuel usage, hitting you in the wallet at every fill-up.
What you spend in pistons and boring, can be recovered , possibly even in the First year of operation, depending on your usage of the car; certainly in the second.
And, with the rings no longer wearing out the lands, your engine is gonna last a lot longer.
And with so much less chamber problems, your oil is gonna stay cleaner for longer, easing the wear on the bearings, etc.
IMO, not boring your engine, when there is a clear indication of a ridge, is um, foolhardy. And once the choice is made to replace them, you are not stuck with factory replacements.
FYI, In 50 years of reconditioning/rebuilding/hot-rodding my stuff, I have twice built 9.5 Scr 225s, and I remember those lil rockets fondly. Bolt a 2800 on the back, and go have a blast.
