Originally Posted by
captinjohn
I agree with you on a good quality chrome bore, that is true. Many cheap engines out of china do not have a quality chrome bore. Notice a lot of photos have been placed here showing "shinny bore syndrome & a lot of other crappy looking cyl bores. Damaged pretty easy.
Capt'n, that shiny bore syndrome was common early on with the Chinese engines but I bet you don't see that much if at all any more ... at least on the better Chinese engines. Their quality has come a long way in a very short time. Regardless, as av8tor said, a bit of very fine grit sandpaper is not going to cut through any plating, even cheap plating. We're not talking a 18 grit grinder disk here!