machine shop here charges 5 bucks a cylinder for nothing, let them ---- with it

 

Technically hone after notching, but it really doesn't matter if you use a high grit sand paper or emory board to smooth out the the transition. The rings never get down that far, so a hone really wouldn't be important.

 

hey, we should all keep updates with our builds and share info
My build is D16z6
90k original miles owned by an older guy
when i pulled it apart, it looked really mint
.020 over with vitaras

 

I honed befor and then said ---- and did a quick one down the bottem after