quote:Thanks Garth. Did you get your block fixed after it inhaled the air cleaner screw?
Nope! It's still with the machinist. They may have sleeved the #8 cylinder already, but informed me the piston was collapsed and needed to be replaced. Only problem, Probe no longer makes pistons! Since this is a stroker engine, I couldn't just purchase any other piston to replace the damaged one, so I started looking at the stroker piston offerings from other manufacturers - was getting crazy quotes of $1,000 and up for 383 stroker pistons, but only available .030 over, which means I would have to bore my block again to punch it out from .020 to .030. So I began searching the country for a set of .020 over Probe SRS forged stroker pistons for a 351C and found a set on the East Coast. Had to buy the whole set, but it was half the cost of any others I got quotes for, and I don't need to punch out my block any further. They should arrive next week.
Thanks for asking. Now, back to your amazing work!