[Fot] TR4 build questions

[marty sukey]

A little advice needed from the TR4 masses. On the engine I am working on the
liner protrusion is .008"/.009". Spec calls out .003"/.005".  This is a HP
street engine. Block and head are freshly surfaced, new sleeves. Head gasket
is one of BFE's copper ones. The figure 8 gaskets are .016" steel and could be
probably be surface ground down to reach the .003"/.005" spec. Question is, do
I need to do this or is the extra protrusion ok?

Second question, After the crank is ground I am thinking I need to remove the
cross drilling plugs so that I can clean the internals out sufficiently. It
looks like this has been attempted sometime in the past as a couple of the
hex's are stripped out. Should I remove/replace these? I'm thinking they will
be challenging based upon some being stripped already.

Thanks,