I aquired a 109 short block. can it be saved?

[Vendor Defendor]

i got my hands on a 109 block with the turbo crank and pistons. there is some pitting in the cylinder walls, hopfully it can be saved.

pictures of it can be seen here:

109 block album

the captions under the pictures tell my questions and my worries. any one who can offer some sort of insight is apperciated.

and something that i didnt realize is, i knew these motors were small, but i didnt know they were this small, they look a lot bigger with everything still on top of it. it can almost fit in my pocket! heh, now i have even more respect for my little motor.

think it can be saved?

 

[Hawaiian Turbo]

The keyway is beveled on the other side, just tap it until it's straight. The carbon build up is alright, you can easily clean off the carbon. As for number 5 and the rest of the cylinders. Are you planning a rebuild,boring will clean that up, if the motor spins that freely, and no ridge, you might get away with honing. Depends what you want to do with this engine.

 

[jimmymopower]

Unfortunatley the webshots page did not load right, I saw the pics but not close up, I just wanted to let you know that I have been warned about boring these motors to much from several different places. The jist of what I got was if you have to bore it don't go over .30 or you can end up with cooling problems. I don't know buicks' specs but I talked to a guy who said he could bore it .60 over and I know thats wrong.

 

[Vendor Defendor]

thanks guys for the info... anyone else have an opinion to offer? and does any one know the size of the bore, so i can get the correct honing thing-a-ma-gigy

 

[87blackbuick]

if you had to bore it more than .30 over you could always sleeve it back to the stock bore.

 

[FJM568]

Stock bore is 3.800

And don't go over a .030 overbore...