Finally pulled the heads and found number 3 cylinder deeply scored. The motor does spin freely and smoothly but has 0 compression in that cylinder. Given the state of the block, its not usable as is. I was planning on having the heads redone yet now the question now is, what to do?

So a few thoughts for discussion;

-anyone have a running 4.6is engine for sale? The ones on eBay at $2-$3k plus and that’s a non starter for a 150k motor that I can’t start up front and that I’m going to redo chains and refreshen throughout.
-how different is the block from a 4.4? I could use a good 4.4 block and swap the other parts like the crank, pistons and heads.
-any idea the cost of sleeving the cylinder block and is that even possible?
-anything else to try?

I know I could part it out for more and purchase another yet where’s the fun in that. Something about building it with your own hands....