Piston also looks way too clean, unless it's been done since the head came off
I would say that liner is knackered.
It's certainly not 'new'
The liners have dropped, a common problem with the V8. Not useable in the current condition, complete overhaul required preferably with top hat liners.
I'm no expert on the V8, but from what I have read over the years on LZ, if the liners have dropped, it will constantly blow head gaskets and the liners may actually move up and down. As far as the liner with the score is concerned, if the score is as deep as it looks, to me that would at least need a re-bore or a replacement liner.
That's the distance down to the first piston ring.
The liners certainly moved on my old engine, you could hear them when it got hot enough. It didn't blow the gasket but it didn't need to as the oem liners don't touch the gasket (which is why top hats work)
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