Question: Cylinder Repair/Overhaul vs. New Cylinders

As a rookie homebuilder I am confronted with the question of whether to have
the cylinders rebuilt on my O-320 or save my pennies and spring for new
ECI/Superior or Lycoming assemblies. On one hand new cylinders would give
the comfort that new posesses. On the other hand the number of hours I
would be paying for with new cylinders seems to be much greater than the
number of hours I would actually fly my homebuilt. I am looking for
opinions from the experienced here. If I am expecting to fly 500-600 hours
on my homebuilt (is that a fair estimate?) does the purchase of new
cylinders justify the cost? Also for those of you who have had cylinders
overhauled, what are your experiences and what can I expect from the
"typical" overhauler. The four cylinders I have are off a low compression
150hp E2D. The cylinders are of various age. One is only 400 hours old the
other three all have between 1000 and 2000 hours on them. I am wide open to
your learned opinions on this subject. Thanks in advance.



Ebby
Hatz Classic my work in progress since 2001.