£cukin hell paul...

carbon on piston is std dont worry about that, its the carbon which makes it look like "detonation" has occoured too, I doubt very very much its det'd at all as you know the car was running sweet F all boost lol

I thought you said the stuff in the exhaust housing was simply white carbon???? ... would make sense...

How deep are the scores, will they simply not hone out? [bIMO[/b] I wouldnt use a new block, dont see the point, even if they are scored beyond a hone, could just bore out slightly, unless of course you were just going to fit a complete Second hand B/E to save buying new pistons?? prob makes sense Either way dont scrap the block or crank... in fact if benn has a complete engine why not just fit that?

Sorry to see that paul