What sleeves U guys prefer and have expierience with to handle serious amount of horsepower and no sleeve failure Darton MIDS or Bensons?

 

Ohhhhh man, you may have just opened a can of worms. In the end, both will do just fine.


Modified by Dunc at 6:54 PM 2/25/2006

 

both are awesome. I would go with the bensons though....top notch

 

 

Equally as important is who installs the sleeves, the quality of the machine work and the final bore and hone is critical. This is always controlled when you use BENSON because he's the only one that installs his sleeves.

We use/race/sell BENSON

 

Darton MID sleeves here. but it doesnt matter install is key.

 

Whichever ones are cheaper. lol.

If there isn't any price difference, I'd go with Benson's just because of personal preferance.

 

pick which ever is cheaper in the end. benson uses darton sleeves so the qualitly is pretty much the same.

if you choose the darton MID sleeves just make sure whoever is installing them is qualified and knows what they are doing.

 

I have a Benson's block and love it also my bro has a darton block and loves it. the only difference i see is that darton dose not hone out your block when there done sleeving. So both of them are a great choice in my book. Earl has the hook up with Benson to earl

 

Benson because customer service is awesome and quick turn around times.

 

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We use/race/sell BENSON </TD></TR></TABLE>

I can't stress to you how true that is. Make sure whichever company you go with, you let them do the install. Both Darton and Benson are excellent, just be sure to let them do the install.

 

talk to earl, awesome customer service, besides the product provided by Benson is top notch

 

No cooling issues or blown head gasket with the Darton MIDS anyone? Is this a
good and reliable sleeve to use for high horsepower setup has a lot of people use
this sleeves?


Modified by integraboosted at 9:33 PM 3/1/2006


Modified by integraboosted at 5:19 PM 3/2/2006

 

Anyone?

 

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I am sick of these threads....all they do is start **** and the thread goes no where....mods i think we should start locking or deleting "which sleeving company is the best" threads. does anyone else agree? thats why we now have the search button in RED AND BOLD

 

actually expletive sleeving you might as well jump on the new bandwagon and just keep stock sleeves and just do pistons and rods. stock sleeves are the hottness

 

Talk to Earl Laskey AKA Earl

http://www.laskeyracing.com

does the best work.

 

I'm running a Golden Eagle block sleeved over 3 years ago!

 

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good and reliable sleeve to use for high horsepower setup has a lot of people use
this sleeves?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Darton MID kit in Jason Hunt/Charlie Schafer's Honda Coupe which Brian Ballard used to win NOPI Turbo4. Two seasons on block/sleeves. Just reassembled for this coming season. Zero cooling/head gasket issues. And it makes plenty of power.

Jim Justice

 

Think also about ERLPerformance. I made some good experiences with them.
As far as I know they buildt the block for Geoff´s (from Full Race)792whp car.

 

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Darton MID kit in Jason Hunt/Charlie Schafer's Honda Coupe which Brian Ballard used to win NOPI Turbo4. Two seasons on block/sleeves. Just reassembled for this coming season. Zero cooling/head gasket issues. And it makes plenty of power.

Jim Justice</TD></TR></TABLE>

Is someone gonna be racing the coupe this year?

 

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Is someone gonna be racing the coupe this year?</TD></TR></TABLE>

At their request, the engine is being rebuilt for this season.

 

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Darton did the instal this year, everything looks much better </TD></TR></TABLE>

Exactly, the MID's are not easy to install "correctly" and do not compare to the other sleeve-styles.

 

The MID's seal with an O-ring, right Jim?
I would think the receiver groove would not let you bore a MID sleeve as large as other style sleeves as you could bore into that groove and break/weaken the sleeve.