[Karl Bebout]

The block, heads, pistons and rods are at the machine shop and they'll determine if I need new pistons and how many. Also will mic out the cylinders to see if a good hone job will suffice. Hope so. I'm already .060 over and I worry about over heating if I'd have to go much bigger. It is a street car, I do live in a "warm" climate and the block is just a standard GM piece.

Pulled the carb off the intake to thoroughly inspect the runners for any nasties and didn't find a thing. However, did notice that the base plate of the carb was loose and that the two center-most ataching bolts were missing. The corner bolts were also a little loose but they would not have been able to get into the manifold since they are not over the plenum. Didn't see any threaded marks on the pistons or heads but they certainly were beat to crap. Needless to say, I'll be replacing the carb base bolts and will use locktite before putting everything back together. I'm leaning towards using red locktite but fear that I'd never be able to get the bolts out, if I needed to. Any thoughts?