I found a b18c block for a reasonable price on ThePartsTrader. It needs new sleeves, so if this works out for me what sleeves do you guys suggest?

Darton?

Golden Eagle?

Benson?

What are the price ranges to have them installed?

 

from everythign i researched Golden eagle seesm to be the best....they will be priced around $800+or-.

 

is that instaled? What is golden eagles web page? do they have one?

 

There ya go...
http://www.goldeneaglemfg.com/

 

...was a golden eagle group buy going on for less than $600 installed I thought...

 

How long will the group buy be going on??? I could probably do it in a month if I can still get the block.

 

probably over, but who knows... a search would probably prodce the thread...

 

Golden Eagle group buy info is here and it is still ongoing-
http://home.rochester.rr.com/bplesn/goldeneagle.html

These are the best sleeves- they have yet to have a failure after hundreds of blocks.

Ben

 

Any idea how much longer they will go on for? Also do they just need the block to sleeve or rotating assembly as well?

 

Just the block, it is going on for a few more months.

Ben

 

golden eagle sleeves

 

So we have to disassembly our blocks and send it to them? Sheez...who wants to strip my block for me? :D

 

stripping it is easy. Putting it together correctly is the techical part

 

benson's
think about it
the fastest uses bensons
Kubo Racing 9.1 sec 1/4 mile!!
and most of the fast cars are using benson's
the only one i know of who's not using them are Jojo Callos, my buddy Kenny Tran,
and dave bucher

 

u got a web site for benson's?

 

I don't see how the sleeve could make the car faster, unless it allowed you to run more boost. Golded Eagle says their sleeves will handle 60 psi!!!!!!! Im pretty sure those guys arnt even running that much. Im sure their cars would be just as fast if they had Golden Eagles or Dartons.

 

How much to have bensons sleeve the block?

 

contact RS Engineering for benson sleeves. I know a few people with benson sleeves that did not hold. GEM's sleeves look very well designed and I was told by them "our sleeves will not fail". So I went with GEM.

 

do u have a web page for GEM?

 

Golden Eagle all the way. They make and have designed their own sleeves. Very unique design and doesn't restrict coolant flow.

 

Ever hear of sleeves "dropping" in a re-sleeved engine? Benson's has something of a reputation for this and it has never happened with a block from Golden Eagle. The only two re-sleevers that I would consider would be GE or Leitner and Bush, but L&B is in Canada and the customs would be a pain.

Ben

 

bushcur doesnt sleeve his block to my knowledge... u dont need to sleeve dsm blocks... imo i like the idea of getting it done locally by a machine shop... considering ge doesnt sell their sleeves... i'd go with dartons or whatnot... iv seen them work and they do work on a a lot of cars... so why change the program?