Originally Posted by t walgamuth

I would have had my machinist measure the taper and examine the bores, then if within specs he would hone it and install new rings on measured for wear good pistons after cleaning the ring grooves.

I would have him also look at the piston. It does not look that bad to me though, If he said it was good enough, I would have tried to clean it and just use the piston probably without tearing the short block down if the bores looked good.