Engine is pulled - 273 rebuild or replacement 360 crate?
here's my argument on that: line 2 line *starts* at 30 a clip on the pistons-- plus shipping there and back and you're at probably around $300. then you gotta hunt down some rings... which for 273... *sighs heavily*
and that's *if* the bore taper is acceptable...
add a tear down and hone to that and you're rapidly approaching a good chunk of what another motor would run ya.
and all that for what? a non original motor that's got 2bbl pistons in it.
commando motor? totally different story. but this? i'd take a pass.
(also, the last time i had line 2 line do some pistons it was nearly a month from me dropping them in the mail to getting them back)
I hear what you are saying. Once I read the op would run some of our ideas by his mechanic, I knew I was not offering suggestions to a home builder. I think blueprint engine has a well sorted out 408 enginepackage at a reasonable price. I am sure you and others on this site could supply something comparable that he could basically drop in.
My suggestion was for a backyard rebuild, ala' UTG with a harbor freight hone. Since it has been previously bored, I suspect many times, I would gamble one of the times the bores were straight and just might need a crosshatch.
I guess the question is iif it would even clean up with a hone since no measurements of the bore size overage was ever given.
Since people were originally suggesting $100 a hole sleeves, I thought the line to line was about 1/3 the cost, and not deal with a machine shop, and getting a block there, at all.
And yes, line 2 line does say approximately 3 weeks turn around, but that is golden compared to the time frame for machine shop work here in south Florida, which is measured in seasons. Wisconsin may be better.
Anyway, I should just put up the popcorn emoji and follow.
Btw, I had hoped that your love of movie quotes would draw you back in :)