building an f22/h23 hybrid that is about ready to get put together, and i'm wondering if you guys have honed your cylinders yourselves?

 

Yes. I bought a honing machine at a local auto store, sprayed some water while doing it up and down with the hone attached to a driller. Came out with no problems!

 

did you use just a regular drill? and how about the drill rpm?

 

The driller had 6 different speeds.. we were doing speed #2... up and down.. up and down. Regular driller, yup!

 

#2 as in 2nd from the slowest, right? i might take it in to get honed, but if i can do it myself, i'll just do that.

so i want to know any details/tips, and thanks for the fast replies.

 

It's simple as hell.
#1 was the slowest, #6 was the fastest.
Hold the honing machine together and place inside the cylinders while you have to water running, only release them when there's water, otherwise... you might create scratches that you will have to hone to remove. Just work the driller up and down, and when you think it's good enough, and you have created the type of pattern inside the cylinders (only takes a minute on each cylinder wall), pull it out while spinning and then... stop the driller.... hold the honing machine together, place inside the next cylinder... add water... and start spinning.
You should give a try yourself... it's nothing crazy....

 

cool thanks for the info. if i had a junk block, i would've gone ahead and tried it already lol. but all i've got as far as "junk" is an h23 that needs boring, and that has frm sleeves, and the frm honing process is a little bit different than iron sleeve honing to my understanding.

 

No problem man!
yeah, if it needs boring, you need to take to a machine shop so it can be done with precision.
I'm out for today... peace out!

 

Its usually less than 15$ per hole to hone cylinders. At least around my area.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by chevy power &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Its usually less than 15$ per hole to hone cylinders. At least around my area. </TD></TR></TABLE>

about the same here, which is cheap enough I would take it to a professional.

 

i have a newbie question when it comes to honing, is honing for the head? i thought boring is for the block and cylinders. is a port and polish of the head the same as honing?

 

a port and polish of the head is when your ports are enlarged/port matched to your intake and exhaust manifolds, and the interior of the head is polished to improve airflow.

boring cylinders makes them bigger in diameter.

honing cylinders gives them the cross hatch finish required for your rings to seat properly.

 

ahh well said thanks for the info.