The liners werent the fault Lee, the block was, if there were no liners in that turkish block I honestly believe it would have just moved and broken the head gasket seal anyway, so it would still be in bits, and if it then just went back with a new head gasket (at a few hundred quid a time) it would KEEP spitting them out.

With the correct block (ie not a 99) I dont think the liners will cause a problem at all, I also think it would probably be ok without them, but other than build cost being slightly lower, I see no advantage to NOT having the liners, but I do see advantages in terms of longevity of the bores if he DOES have them.

If it was me, Id be putting it on the liners again I think and just accepting the couple of grand that costs, its not exactly a penny pinching project anyway, so what it wants it should get IMHO (easy for me to say when its dave's money, lol) ultimately though, I personally feel its probably Mark's opinion that matters on this one more than any of the rest of us.