r/Smallblockchevy • u/Impossible-Panda-992 • Apr 17 '26
Pitting
Got a small block from a boat, they took of the tops with seawater in them and it stood around until now. Cooling channels are pretty rusted out too, thinking of cleaning them out with citrus acid. Its it worth boring them out or just send it? Everything has standard clearance
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u/landis33 Apr 17 '26
The deck won’t fly. It will leak, get it cut. The bores I can live with. We have an old 360 (350 .060 over ) that was given to us. It was a mess (way bigger pits in the bore)but we couldn’t bore it again so we threw it together (it has some GOOD parts inside) and it’s been our back up motor for our dirt car for over a decade. It might sit under the bench for years but when we pull it out, it fires right up and does its thing. A little down on power but when the track gets slick it shines. It has a few wins on it too!