I bought this motor for $500, after finding a bunch of loose bolts I decided I should pull the heads and pan and make sure everything checked out.
I found it to have NA head gaskets, which would have lasted all of 20 seconds under boost as well as this...
http://i37.tinypic.com/2vsohmw.jpg
I thought it was odd when I pulled the plug and it was solid black... guessing he had something miswired or a bad coil back resulting in no spark. The cross hatching seems to look alright, but I can't decide if I should worry about the marks on the cylinder or not.
http://i33.tinypic.com/2077wnl.jpg
http://i33.tinypic.com/2mrxfux.jpg
Keep in mind this is just a "beater" motor until I get the other one built. At this point I'm thinking I'll just toss the heads back on (with the correct head gaskets) and run it. He claims it only has 378 miles on it, and from the looks of it, he isn't lying. Still, dunno if I like those marks...
Discuss.