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I'd advise that you get any machine work done before you start on your two weeks. My experience is that it'll take at least a couple of weeks from the time you drop it off to when you can pick it up...I would think a month would be more than enough lead time.

If you're going to have the engine bored out, I don't think it'd be worth putting stock/replacement pistons back in. For a little more, I'd go with a hyper piston. The block may need to be decked to square or flatten it, regardless of where the pistons wind up in the block.

What kind of a budget do you have for this project? Knowing what you have to spend may help us to make suggestions.