Rick,
That's great info, thanks. I'll pm you for more.
The block has been tanked and cleanup honed as of a few days ago, and I'm told it has a number of light pits. There's also some up and down lines on the thrust side from dirt (oddly, the bore is almost perfect dimensionally). Machinist is concerned it will use a little
oil but says otherwise it would be fine without going overbore.
He's very good with HP motors but doesn't do a lot of 'high dollar' motors like these (no other way to say it). He also tends to be pretty conservative when it comes to making calls like this.
I think I'm going to have to go up this weekend and shoot pics in person to make a decision. Not trying to cheap out but if we don't need to toss out $1000 on pistons I can easily spend it elsewhere on the car.
.015 is worth trying, Arias said they can make anything I need. It just sucks it will take 4-5 weeks to get pistons. I was hoping to have this thing running and on the street by then!