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Indeed it was a blessing for me, for my first time, to have such an amazing co-pilot ! Thanks again @Gaurav and thanks to @Rahimdad & @skumar83 for your support.

V8 in a Pajero is a tight squeeze. The V6 is tight enough. Even if you slide it back a couple of inches (which will necessitate shortening the main prop and lengthening the front prop), it will still be tight to fit the radiator up front. On a side note, how do these people with Denali engined patrols get their car passed? I’m guessing it’s a case of wasta? lets go back to the original point, uae mechanics are mediocre at best. Most of these guys are people who spend their time doing oil and timing belt changes. They have no experience of modifications. When you look at all the best engine swaps on the internet, they’re all home built machines. When you’re doing that kind of work yourself, you have all the time in the world to spend on it. People here are on the clock with the sword of Damocles hanging over their head. There are mechanics here who can do this work but it’s expensive and it’s expensive for a reason. It’s part of an old internet meme but when I worked for a Mercedes restoration company the old guy (papa smurf, I’ll explain later) told me about the mechanics triangle. There is good work, there is fast work and there is cheap work. You can pick any two of them but all three together aren’t possible.

Wrong. If you look inside the cylinder, you will see scores on the wall. These are known as cross hatchings and put there deliberately by the manufacturer or engine builder during the honing process. The purpose of these is to retain a small amount of engine oil above the piston to lubricate the primary and secondary rings. If you don't have this small amount of oil on the cylinder walls, the piston rings can wear out or jam, which is something you see a lot of here through people with no proper training building engines. They stick new pistons and rings in without giving any attention to the cylinder wall. I have seen rebuilt engines fail after a couple of thousand kms and upon strip down, the walls were polished like mirrors. Bore wash is basically what the name says. The bore is washed of its lubricant. This can happen a few ways. I.e. If an injector becomes stuck open through mechanical or electrical fault, the mixture being too rich, or the use of fuel system cleaners. An unlubricated cylinder is bad news.

I'm not that impressed to be honest. If everything was shiny clean and silver I might be. Another thing to consider, if it really is capable of cleaning deposits off like that (which I don't believe it is), what do you think is happening inside your engine? If it was really that powerful, it would strip all the lubricant off the cylinders and you would either end up with massive blow by or a siezed engine in no time.