well, my motor was taken apart after 1000 miles, and no signs of any wear yet. I will pop it apart again at 2000 and at 5000 after that. I will keep you guys updated. Everything looks good, so like I said, we'll keep you updated. I have another block that is getting work right now, so, if I have any problems, I will be going to a sleeved block. But, if I don't have to, I won't.

thanks,

Mike (running forged w/o sleeves)
and still running

do you have an a1 or an a4 block?

that's what my V8 loving auto teacher used to tell me when I was still in high school

that was about 6 years ago...looks like he was wrong about imports...

point is: change and new things are great until proven not to be

well, since the stock sleeve of an H22 aren't as thick as say a B18, then you do have a chance at actually breaking a sleeve, if it works out for you, great, if not, then sux for you. i didn't re-sleeve b/c it is a requirement, b/c as some have pointed out there are way around it, but sure as hell didn't want to pull the motor for a 2nd time to do something i should have done the first time around