Blew my head gasket last spring and finally got around to replacing it this winter and found some major piston scoring in most of the cylinder walls and its been nothing but money from the there!
Currently the motor is decked .010 and bored .020 with new Mahle pistons installed by Southworth Machine in Eugene Oregon and after some debate I decided to go with a new Hamilton 182-214 Cam and 60# valve springs. I took the head to a different machine shop to get milled locally (Medford) and was told over the phone that there were a few minor stress cracks that were normal and most people run the heads with theses minor cracks... So I say "sure go ahead and mill it". They take off .005 and say its good to go and ready to be picked up.
$190 later I get my head home and start to prep it for paint. After some inspection I find that every exhaust valve seat has a crack to the injector hole. I call around and get the same response, its Junk! Well Ill take the blame on that one. I should have been a little more interested in those minor cracks and inspected the head before I ever took it in the first place! (Non/IC Head for sale!) luckly I was able to score a used 2nd gen head with low miles off a truck that ate piston 6. I get the head with a valve job and milled for $350!
And with a new intercooled head comes new injectors because my old non/ic injectors wont fit! Talking with Eric at THD I went with the comp 5x13's @ 55*'s to match my new pistons.
At this point its a waiting game, motors finished just waiting on delivery as well as the cam, injectors and valve springs. The machine shop that is doing the head work is waiting on the valve springs as well so here I sit...