Thanks Jerry, I may take you up on that. I thought I might just buy a brand new bare block and have it bored 30 over and start anew. Then I priced them! I'd like to be able to afford food for the next year or so. If this block is not savable I may hit the local pick and pull and try to score a virgin 5.0 out of a Crown Vic or something that was setup for a roller cam. I'd sacrifice the engine out of my own Crown Vic as it only has 76,000 on it, but it is a pre roller cam motor.

Thanks again for the offer.......we'll see what happens tomorrow. I hate to scrap the one I have because it has been bored, align bored, decked, etc. But of it is out of spec I have no choice.

Don