this is my buddy's block, when we pulled the head off, this is what we found...what do you guys think, good for boost or not? what psi you think it will hold? right now it has crower rods and je 10.5:1 comp. pistons

 

are those stock sleves??? ive never seen that around the sleeves before..but i havent seen tons of blocks.

 

whoa...looks like stock sleeves with aluminum rods in the water jacket...more info please? Looks a lot more promising then a block guard or posting. Never seen that before

 

Looks potentially like a lot of unevenly applied force on the stock sleeves.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 94goldjungsr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Looks potentially like a lot of unevenly applied force on the stock sleeves.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 94goldjungsr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Looks potentially like a lot of unevenly applied force on the stock sleeves.</TD></TR></TABLE>Not at all,if you look closely you'll see that they bored the holes first.The rods are still round and w/ boring the force is even all around.

 

the net force by the rods is 0, no doubt. but it is placed in such a way that hte surface area of each rod against hte sleeve is very small compared to the force the rod applies. A more even solution would be better...

 

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morning bump.....yes, pretty sure that they are although we are not real sure

 

yes this is my block. Im wondering how much boost I can run. Thanks guys

 

Who did the machine work? Theres a machine shop in Omaha that tried something like this too.

 

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How deep are the rods inserted into the block? By the looks of it, I'll treat the block as a stock block with blockguard.

 

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i think they are about an inch or so long from the looks of it, but didnt look at it very closely when i took the pics.

 

That is old school sleeve posting. Probably one of the first tries at strengthening open deck honda blocks. I believe this type of support was more defined for the factory sleeves to not shift or move around inside the coolant jacket. As long as the machine work was performed properly and there isnt uneven force on the sleeves then you should be ok. But keep in mind that tuning is tuning (especially with 10.5:1 slugs), even blocks that have been sleeved still have the potential for cracking is tuning is shitty. With the posting the possiblilty of cracking is still there in between the posts.

 

What is this block worth. I was looking at changing setups and wanted to sell this one. It is a 97 b18b with less then 100 miles on it.

 

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Honestly I dont know I would pull those posts out and throw some Dartons in their place........but hey, thats just me

 

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What happened to make yall pull the head off after 100 miles?

 

I was gonna sell my buddy my pistons and go lower compression. I really want to sell this block if anyone is interested.

 

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