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Oct 28, 2018 | 08:35 AM

9’sGSR

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Darton Sleeves Question

New to this. Not sure if this is the correct category.

I have a 93 eg coupe with a Darton sleeved GSR. It’s bored to 84.5 with turbo tuff pistons and rods. Super tech valvetrain, BC cams w/ 6766 Percision turbo on e85. Hoping it will make 900hp, my question is if it’s true that I cannot let the car run for over 20 min+ or the sleeves will heat? Wanted to track the car and occasionally drive it locally. Thanks for any input.

Oct 29, 2018 | 07:03 AM

spoolinvtec54

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Re: Darton Sleeves Question

idk who told you that but that's wrong you can drive it more then 20min.

Oct 29, 2018 | 10:53 AM

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Re: Darton Sleeves Question

"New to this"

"Hoping to make 900hp"

Oct 29, 2018 | 09:40 PM

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Re: Darton Sleeves Question

you can drive it for however long you want. as long as your car is running right and tune

Nov 9, 2018 | 07:33 AM

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Re: Darton Sleeves Question

I daily drove my integra with darton mid sleeves for a year or two at 20-30 lbs everyday. That was with a civic sized radiator so I could fit a to4r cover.

Nov 10, 2018 | 04:34 PM

K7-1Ktrevor

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Re: Darton Sleeves Question

From my experience some sleeved motors run hot and some run normal operating temp. Even the ones that ran hot 195-205 were still in a reasonable operating temp. I think it's bs that you can only run one for 20 min. Maybe if the coolant jackets were filled almost fully.