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Any thoughts,concerns?

The eng is not coming out? (the so called over the fender overhaul) Are you reringing it or did you just pull/redo the heads? If reringing yes you need to CAREFULLY cut out the ridge and w the heads coming off it'd be an excellent plan to go ahead and pull the pan and R&R the rings/bearings and rering kits are cheap. If just doing the heads and wondering about the health of the short block w the ridge, more info needed, how was it before and how will it be used. daily driver, some hot rodding. A rering CAN work well & it depends on the shape of the bore (taper/out of round)/pistons/rings & can save alot of $$$ as w a full on rebuild the cam bearings and you'll want a new fuel/oil/water pumps and this and that and it just skyrockets. Again it depends on the pistons/rings/bore and the general health of the short block.

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