Reamed the carbon ridges during lunch today. They were not very bad at all. As stated before, mileage on this motor is unknown, but can still see the cross-hatching in the cylinders. A very light hone is all they should need.
Gasket kit and bearings/rings showed up today. Except the head gaskets. Not using the .039-.042 head gaskets that came with it. Going to try a pair of .028 thick gaskets from Mr Gasket in an effort to bump compression up just a tad from the factory rated 8.0:1. I might be able to score a used set of original flat top pistons from a 71 360. If I do, that might get me up to the 8.5 range.
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