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General Category => Engine, Transmission, & Rear Axle assy. => Topic started by: Greg55_99 on April 05, 2012, 01:02:53 PM

Title: Cylinder sleeves....
Post by: Greg55_99 on April 05, 2012, 01:02:53 PM
So.... He puts a Rover block onto a hot BBQ Grill to heat it up.. a bit.... In goes his gloved hand.... Out come the sleeves....  Can't do that with a Buick 215 block.  That's progress?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6G1Ojv3I20

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fRDR5svIv8

Greg
Title: Re: Cylinder sleeves....
Post by: minorv8 on April 05, 2012, 01:48:39 PM
That´s a great video from Dave Coxon and the block is an infamous Rover P38.

AFAIK you can´t do that with a 3,5 or 3,9 block. But I guess you can also call it progress even on  a negative  scale..
Title: Re: Cylinder sleeves...., LS aluminum block motors ?
Post by: roverman on April 05, 2012, 04:27:49 PM
Perhaps millions in use and no word on sleeve migration problems. Yankee Enginuity ? These engines are typically making double the power of the Rover. I must, at this point stress the benefits of using "Sleeve Retaining Compound" when re-sleeving. Onward, roverman.