help! cylinder wall question

[bigjangin]

Here is my situation, headgasket blew, car overheated. The head is off, and there seems to be cylinder wall damage. I know pretty much nothing about engine rebuilding. This is what the shop told me. The pistons scuffed the front and back of the cylinder walls. You cant see it visually but you can feel it with your nail. There are some scratches that you can feel with your nail. They dont "catch" your nail but you can definitely tell they are there when you run your finger across the cylinder. The scratches are not visible. There seems to be a slight dark spot also near the the bottom of the cylinder wall. I am not experienced so I dont know if thats normal or not. So is the block totally worthless now? I just want to make sure and get someone else's opinion. Thanks.

 

[qwall]

no it's not worthless, it's still good. Ypu can have either honed or bored out for bigger pistons, depending on what you want to do.

 

[turbolover2]

There are almost ALWAYS scuff marks on the walls. You shouldn't really have any scratches you can feel though. But....you can try honing it (I use a 120 grit ball hone). That will probably work. If not, you can always have the cylinders bored, but that will require buying oversized pistons.

 

[bigjangin]

im not gonna build up a seven bolt. Thanks for all the replies.

 

[bigjangin]

here is the damage:
http://students.washington.edu/jlhobbs/car/ouch.jpg
http://students.washington.edu/jlhobbs/car/ouch2.jpg

alot easier to see when there is good light. Tell me what you think.

 

[blackvr4]

Lol my bores always look like that does it use much oil dont judge it like that you have to remove the pistons and se if your rings are cracked i doubt they will be.