Do an exchange core unit and “top hats” that way you know block is good.
Did our 4.6. Years ago, with V8tuners. Paul was a gent and understood the logistics problem we had. Flew it air freight and no core exchange.
Loads of options if you can do the spanner work
While you are at it if your game they would go to 5.2 just saying
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'Tis ****ed
Thats the techie term!
Looks like its had a hard life.
All hose liners were equally shatted IMO.
Those crank journals would benefit from a polish, and go from there, but first i'd get some autosol and fine wire wool on them, for ****s and giggles to see what the outcome would be.
And go from there.
But tbh if you're getting a new/used/reconditioned block eh well.
Liners only drop when the block cracks.
They tap for a while and eventually they brake the casting and drop into the crank while its rotating and the engine locks and the block shatters bits go flying etc etc
Because of poor casting on some engines "human error" the water jackets are off centre and extremely thin on one side, the thin side cracks when overheated and thats where the "tap" and water consumption comes from as the liner shrinks away from the block.
Usually water either works its way up and punches through the headgasket or down into the sump, or both!
Coscast blocks were quite good and near enough perfect but uber eggspensive, if you can find one!!
An example of poor casting is the mismatched machine marks above the Bores for the tappets, some have machine marks some don't etc etc
