What do you think of Federal Mogul's hypereutectic pistons? It's really getting time to rebuild my engine now, oil consumption is at a quart every 1000 miles. I was looking on summit and they had a complete overhaul kit for $210. It seems like a steal, but will the pistons be safe at just under 9.5:1 with a 5200ish rpm redline and under vortech heads?

.040 or .060? I don't have any scores in the bores, that I know of, so the only reason to bore would be because the cylinders are tapered. On a high milage engine, what is the taper usually at and would a .040 bore remove it if it's at .030. How well do 3970010 1-ton truck blocks tollerate a .060 overbore?

Bringing things into spec. Last time I had my pan off, I checked end play on the connecting rods. On some of the forward connecting rods, the end play was greater than the maximum spec. Is there any way to return it to spec? Also, what if the lifter bores are out of spec? Is there any cost effective way to bring those back?