It seems as if the next logical step for me is to build my block. I have a spare one sitting around and so i'd like to have some fun with it. The h22a needs to be resleeved, so which sleeves do you guys usually go with? What sleeves will be kind to me in the long run and for a daily driven/weekend racer?

I plan on dropping some crower rods and JE pistons (original aren't i?)

Any comments or advice you could give me would be great.

 

Deck the block. Get custom rods for optimum r/s ratio. Golden eagle sleeves are good.

 

I'm getting a local machine shop to do my sleeving with a special closed deck sleeve they make themselves.
http://www.leitnerbush.com/projects.htm

In the back of racecar engineering mag another company announced a sleeve kit, just like this one. Darton Sleeves I checked their web page, but it doesn't mention the sleeves specificly:
http://www.darton-international.com/sleeve_fr.html

You'd have to get your own machine shop to install the sleeves, but apparently they supply everything that's needed for the install.

JE and crower is pretty much the way to go. We just don't have the choices that the 1.8l and 1.6l crowd have. Originaly I was thinking of getting the pistons coated by http://www.swaintech.com/ but I heard too many horror stories about the coating cracking.

 

ah ok, you can order a sleeve kit and have a machine shop insatll it....much easier than sending my block out.