Rust good or bad?

[05DaytonaRam]

I took the heads off my 350 a while back and when I took them off I noticed that the number 8 cylinder in the block was a little rusty an so where some of the others. The car has gone through a small engine bay fire and had set up for a while and now I'm in the process of getting it back up and running. So my question is this would it be better to go ahead and hone the cylenders or could I just leave it as it is?

 

[Rod75]

If it were mine, I'd lightly hone it to see if there's any further pits or damage.

 

[05DaytonaRam]

I had thought of honing it lightly.

My thing is though if I was to hone it I would rather go ahead and pull the engine and just rebuild the whole thing (hone, rings, etc)

 

[Rod75]

I had thought of honing it lightly.

My thing is though if I was to hone it I would rather go ahead and pull the engine and just rebuild the whole thing (hone, rings, etc)

If you want to save the hone for a rebuild, then I would take some fine wet/dry or emery cloth wet with oil, and do some light cleaning to see what's underneath.
My next thought is, if H2O has been in there, did any hydro-lock occur? Look closely for cracks, damage, etc...

 

[05DaytonaRam]

If you want to save the hone for a rebuild, then I would take some fine wet/dry or emery cloth wet with oil, and do some light cleaning to see what's underneath.
My next thought is, if H2O has been in there, did any hydro-lock occur? Look closely for cracks, damage, etc...

I dont think I have a problem of H20 ever being in it. After the fire the car was covered and then put into the shop a month or so later.

A year or so before the fire the engine was rebuilt so I'm thinking I mite be able to get away with just a clean up.