Bulldogg83

Alright so I got my hands on this block from a friend of mine and he told me it was sleeved. Well when I got the head off of the block this is what I found:

http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/.../da6b

When he bought the car he was told that it was sleeved with JE Pistons (9.2:1) and Eagle Rods. The pistons are definatly not stock and do look lower compression and I have not dropped the oil pan to see if the rods are indeed Eagles, but the sleeves look a little funny. Between all three meeting points of the sleeves there is a hairline crack between them. Now I thought that all Honda Sleeves were connected, but some have told me that those sleeves may be designed like that. I am not sure what kind of sleeves they are, but I am assuming probably LA Sleeves. Didn't know if I could get any input from you guys as in to what you guys thought of the block and if you guys thought that it would be safe to put the time and money into trying to run the block. Any feedback is appreciated.

Bulldogg83

anyone got any help for me?

Rod.

that block does look funny. I went to look at my spare block and it does not look like that. That looked like a old block i sent out to earl for sleeving that was screw'd which i didnt know

TurboBumblBee

that block does look sleeved.. not sure on what type of sleeves tho

PM-Performance

it does look sleeved to me , but i dont exactly like how the sleeves meet together myself.

DaX

iTrader: (1)

It looks sleeved...almost like Benson sleeves with a bigger gap between the cylinders.

turbosi03

to be honest... those look like benson sleeves. it's a solid sleeve on top and the ledge from the stock sleeves cut down about 2" from the deck, so the sleeves sit on top of the ledge...
what bothers me is why the gap between the sleeves are so big and uneven? as if the sleeved began to rotate sideways

SiRkid

the sleeves do look weird...need someone with more experience in here

TurboBumblBee

other than to verify the internals of the motor, why you take it apart?? was the motor in good running condition? how did the compression check out? im just wondering sure those sleeves look different then ones nowadays but they might just be an older series of sleeves..

espanol

that's a piece of crap!!!

Arturbo

It looks like its been sleeved, but a bad job. Look at the gaps between the cylinders..

Mighty Mintos

i dunno about those being BENSON sleeves. i dont think DAN would make any sleeves that have that much of a gap.

ATS*Mark

almost looks like the cylinders walked a little bit , im sure they wernt put in like that

Bulldogg83

The car sat for 8 months. When it was running he only drove on it for around 3000 miles before letting it sit when he moved to Cali. We tried to do a compression test on it before ripping the car apart, but the car would never turn over due to an electrical mallfunction. They are definatly not stock sleeves, but not sure on if this would be a safe block to run on or not......

dunkd

DIRep972

iTrader: (1)

have you thought about getting the guys name who david bought the car from and asking jotech who they had it sleeved by?

If I remember I could swear they said that block was built by JG, but if I also remember jotech used to use benson sleevs about 3 years ago and they had some problems... around the same time that block was built i think.

Bulldogg83

I have talked to David and he said that he is going to have to find all the guy's information and stuff, but we will see. I haven't contacted JoTech yet, but maybe I can talk to BlapBlap!!! and he can find something out for me.

DIRep972

iTrader: (1)

werd, Alex prolly worked there when that block was built so mayyyyyyyyyyyyybe theres a chance he would remember.

FredoSP

I dont think Dan would let a block leave the shop like that. Id get that block re sleeved or something

Bulldogg83

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do you think they might warranty something like that?

iiilgsrlll

You can't really see the gaps on Benson blocks. Not that I've seen anyway. They look as if they were one piece.

AVATAR

drop the oil pan foolio, then check to see if the inside of the piston skirts are stamped with the name of the manufacturer . . . I know some do this.

DIRep972

iTrader: (1)

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do you think they might warranty something like that?</TD></TR></TABLE>

naw, I seriously doubt it. haha. but at least if you find out who it was manufactured by then you will know if darton can resleeve it. (or if anyone else can resleeve for that matter)

Turboteggy

Here's my sleeved block. Not only is there no gap between the sleeves, but the machining is so tight, it looks like one piece.



Something is wrong with that one, either it was done improperly, or the sleeves have moved since original installation.

Bulldogg83

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AVATAR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">drop the oil pan foolio, then check to see if the inside of the piston skirts are stamped with the name of the manufacturer . . . I know some do this.</TD></TR></TABLE>

good idea. I am going to do this on Saturday since that's my next day off and than I will let you guys know what I find. Thanks for the replies.