340 .040 Bore Okay?

I recently purchased a 340 engine that was “completely rebuilt” that the original engine builder said would be a great engine. Engine had sat for a few years / never installed. Thought I would do some checking before putting it into my dart. Fortunately i did. The list of issues I found are too many to list. Tearing the engine completely down. Variations exist with the bore size in each cylinder. Hard to believe! The largest .030 with rust. I know plan on having it bored to .040. Is this too much for a 1971 340 block? Will I run into overheating problems? Thanks in advance for any information.

Most of the time it would be ok, but core shift means it will have to be sonic checked to be 100% sure. If the block is already at .030 the machine shop may just hone it to .040 if it looks like it will clean up there.

My experience has been that overheating on a rebuild is usually more likely to be tune related than overbore.

FWIW all Blueprint engine chrysler small blocks are bored .040 as standard practice.