well took my motor the rest of the way aprt today to hone the cylinder and re-ring the piston...but....oh to my surprise a big nasty gouge in the cylinder wall....but luckily the wife ok'd a new piston and ring-set to go along with the over-bore...woo-woo..higher compression here i come!!not sure what brand or size..gonna go look that up now.
bummer....
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