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well......
By John - 02/05/2005 4:52:02 PM; IP 142.177.78.144
That was what I read once in an FE book, and sounds reasonable to me. Ohters here seem not to be so worried about it. However, the fact is to make room for a sleeve, the cylinders walls get thin. How thin is acceptable? The sleeve doesn't add structural integrity to the block, even with locktight, so you have to weigh things, like.....how much HP are you going to build it for?...and again, what's an acceptable limit. Fact is, if I already owned a 427 cross bolted block, or a thick walled 428 block that needed sleeving, I would do it and hope fro the best. But I wouldn't buy a block knowing it had to be sleeved, or already was sleeved. An article by Rick Voeglin entitled "All in the "FE" Family" mentioned an 8-sleeved block...done so for "greater cylinder wall strength". Sort of blows a hole in what I've ben talking about with sleeving. In a nutshell, there are so many unknown variables with sleeving, that is is hard to know if everything will be OK until the engine proves itself over time. The one thing that is known is that it is not cheap. Therefore, as you are looking for a block, try to find one that doesn't require this. A little bit more money, but hopefully some piece of mind.
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Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=23890&Reply=23890><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor23890" onclick="return false;">Opinions on sleeved engines?</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>BB67FB, <i>02/03/2005</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=23890', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor23890') }); </script>  Opinions on sleeved engines? -- BB67FB, 02/03/2005
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=23892&Reply=23890><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor23892" onclick="return false;">RE: Opinions on sleeved engines?</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>peter c, <i>02/03/2005</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=23892', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor23892') }); </script>  RE: Opinions on sleeved engines? -- peter c, 02/03/2005
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=23896&Reply=23890><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor23896" onclick="return false;">RE: Different application but right theory.</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Gerry Proctor, <i>02/03/2005</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=23896', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor23896') }); </script>  RE: Different application but right theory. -- Gerry Proctor, 02/03/2005
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=23900&Reply=23890><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor23900" onclick="return false;">Hang on a second.....</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>John, <i>02/03/2005</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=23900', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor23900') }); </script>  Hang on a second..... -- John, 02/03/2005
 RE: Good point. -- Gerry Proctor, 02/04/2005
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=23926&Reply=23890><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor23926" onclick="return false;">RE: Opinions on sleeved engines?</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>giacamo, <i>02/04/2005</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=23926', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor23926') }); </script>  RE: Opinions on sleeved engines? -- giacamo, 02/04/2005
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=23927&Reply=23890><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor23927" onclick="return false;">RE: Opinions on sleeved engines?</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>gene simmons, <i>02/04/2005</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=23927', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor23927') }); </script>  RE: Opinions on sleeved engines? -- gene simmons, 02/04/2005
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=23930&Reply=23890><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor23930" onclick="return false;">RE: Opinions on sleeved engines?</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>giacamo, <i>02/04/2005</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=23930', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor23930') }); </script>  RE: Opinions on sleeved engines? -- giacamo, 02/04/2005
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=23938&Reply=23890><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor23938" onclick="return false;">RE: Opinions on sleeved engines?</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>gene simmons, <i>02/05/2005</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=23938', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor23938') }); </script>  RE: Opinions on sleeved engines? -- gene simmons, 02/05/2005
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=23941&Reply=23890><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor23941" onclick="return false;">RE: Opinions on sleeved engines?</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>BB67FB, <i>02/05/2005</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=23941', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor23941') }); </script>  RE: Opinions on sleeved engines? -- BB67FB, 02/05/2005
well...... -- John, 02/05/2005
 RE: Opinions on sleeved engines? -- Francis Thompson, 03/04/2005
 One sleeve? How about all eight! Check this out. -- John Bednorz, 02/09/2005
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