Little bit of an update here. I pulled the engine and transmission out.
Ingenious I separated the engine from the transmission I could tell right away that the rear main had been leaking for a long time. No worries since I'll be replacing just about every single seal.
I pulled the head off. To my surprise the cylinders look amazing. I'm not sure when but this was recently rebuilt. The pistons are really clean and the cylinder walls even have a cross hatch to them.
I tore apart the head and things started to make sense. One lifter was broken. Two valves were pretty stuck. And all my exhaust valve seats are pretty pitted.
I dropped it off at a machinist yesterday and he is going to take a look at if the head is viable or not. I talked about putting in some new cam bearings, cleaning it up, and possibly drilling for new valve guides and larger valves. I emailed BoPort about my build ideas and asked for their advice on whether I should stick with the stock valves if I don't want to port and polish my heads just yet. Also wondering if I should go with their 1.5 cam. Which when it comes up would be flying. All this on the stock ECU.
I may try and do a home port and polish on my own instead of paying someone to do it. Seems like it's just using common sense and having a whole lot of time.
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