yup if i had the rings gapped i woulda been good most likely
its just from when i tipped the motor over to drain the coolant

 

i may have to side with GeorgeC's last statement. I'm not looking at the water droplets on the pistons from pulling the heads. I'm looking at how clean that piston is compared to the one next to it.

 

Not what i was referring to

 

Ding ding ding

 

Sub'...

 

Take a pic of the cyl head and lets compare the different chambers. Now I'm curious.

 

What's the significance of whether or not there was water in the cylinder anyways?

Seems obvious the head gasket would have blown as well as busting the piston in this case.

 

Could have been a lifted head from excessive cylinder pressure.

 

i see what your saying all the pistons are that clean the reason that one looks cleaner then the other one is cause i wiped that cylinder out with a rag

 

Put a hone through it before you condemn it to being bored. I've honed out some bad looking stuff and it seems like those motors run forever. fix your ring gap, new piston, fresh rings all around and roll it... Otherwise, that cylinder looks great. I don't see a ridge at all.

Once you start boring, fitting pistons, etc etc... Unless you are dead nuts measuring you're going to have some sort of issue. Sure it's "better parts" but if the stock stuff went this far, why mess with it? Fresh gaskets and slap that thing back together. And even if you have a bit of a scratch left over after honing it's not the end of the world.

Sure, building an engine is an exercise in precision but I honestly think some folks split hairs to a fault.