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how much to bore and port and ploish a 289????

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.060 is max bore. Most prefer .030 or under
 
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i agree, .030-,040 would be the most i would run.

as for porting and polishing, porting is fine for the street, but leave teh polishing to the racers, you dont need it, and after a while any thing you got from polishing goes away with miles on the motor
 
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