OVC: I paid $50 for a stud removal and the port work, turned it around in a couple of days. It's a great shop and I love supporting those guys.. This is the first cylinder I have really put effort into, so it was nice to see how it was done (or should be done) before I got my hands dirty.
maxmojo: they didn't touch the transfers, but the first post that started this thread was talking about taking some meat off of the sleeve near the transfer, I am interested, but I haven't done too much work in this arena before, so I don't want to just hack away.