Originally Posted by
5tox
doesn't look like it needs honing, can still see the crosshatching and cylinders arent glazed up as you'd expect
wasn't planning on getting it decked, is that the same principles as getting a cylinder head skimmed but on the block?
Always, always hone the bores before fitting pistons and rings again (new or old) this will break the glaze in the bore and introduce an ideal surface to bed the rings in with. That way the rings will bed in nice and give good compression, if you leave them you will run the risk of a lot of blow by and a heavy breather or at worst a smokey engine as the oil will easily get past the oil control rings and into the combustion chamber.
A sprung loaded hone on a hand held drill is all that is required, make sure you have the "cross hatch" pattern pretty good. This will hardly effect bore size in the slightest, maybe .0005" to .001" tops. Chaffe