It it is bored and honed to the next size, obviously you would have the next
size pistons.  If you go to that kind of trouble, you would take the heads
in for redoing them with new guides and recut the seats and grind the
valves.
After all, the heads are the ones that seal the power.
Zoltan
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Rodgers" <jh_rodgers@BELLSOUTH.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 3:42 PM
Subject: Re: cylinder hone question

> Ideally, the cylinders should be bored to remove the shoulder, then
> should be honed to give it a new cross-hatch. Before all that is done,
> the cylinder should be miked to see if they are going to be in spec
> after all that work.
>
> Regards,
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
>
>
>
> Scott W. wrote:
>
> > I am in the process of rebuilding a 1.9L, and am just
> >about ready to clean up the pistons and hone the
> >cylinders. So my question would be-is there anything
> >specific I am going for here, or is a person just
> >doing this to give the rings fresh wall to scrape? I
> >can see the old hone at the top and bottom  of the
> >barrels where the rings never passed over, so am I
> >just trying to ruff up the cylinder walls or what?
> >Thanks
> >Scott W.
> >
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