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Yep, cheap engine on CL = core!!
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Thanks.Check for a ridge on the cylinder walls and get the heads magnafluxed. Was it getting good oil pressure? Can you still see crosshatching on the cylinder walls? I would just get the valves ground and new guide seals and put it back together. Be sure and put a bead of permatex in the valleys between the heads and block when you put the intake back on. Do not use silicone anywhere on the engine.