Quote Originally Posted by protomor View Post
whoever cleaned your motor did a good job. Mine came back after being hot tanked and still had crud on it.

Not all machine shops are created equal, I have tried 3 in my area before I found my guys, I even have one shop for blocks, and another for heads. They did a magnificent job on the head, but I also started with a really good core that was low miles and never had been skimmed before. I repainted the block myself