i hear people talking about making their 1.8 to 2.0...what ways are there to increase displacement?

 

Bore and Stroke.

 

You can sleeve it, which is the most popular and add pistons, or you could buy a stroker crank from a company like crower and add rods. Either way is not going to be cheap, and will make big power.

 

what exactly is sleeving and how much do you think it costs plus labor?

 

you will probably spend around 1200 getting it sleeved.

 

You know those things in the block that the pistons go up and down in? Those are the sleeves. They cut those out and put newer, larger ones in there.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BlueHatch00 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you will probably spend around 1200 getting it sleeved. </TD></TR></TABLE>

i paid 850 for my RS machining sleeving...

 

but how does that increase displacement? the block is still the same size...thanks

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ek_jeremy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">but how does that increase displacement? the block is still the same size...thanks</TD></TR></TABLE>

hehehe...what you see outside doesn't determine the displacement. It's the dimensions of the bore and stroke inside.