Got home from work to find that my block had finally returned from Golden Eagle...attached some pics below.

Sleeves are beefy as hell...gonna take it to a local shop tomorrow to see about honing. I was a little disappointed as they f*cked up and did a step-deck and not o-rings. I called them to complain about it and they offered to reimburse me for the cost to o-ring locally...I was impressed. But it raises a question...will the step-deck (sleeves are raised .001" above the deck) be sufficient for my use, a street-driver running approx 1.4-1.5bar?? Anyone have experience running that setup?







--Ian

 

What size sleeves are those?

 

stock bore...87mm

--Ian

 

That is absolutely beautiful. A tear forms.
Dustin

 

How long did it take you to get your block back?

 

5 weeks total...1wk shipping each way and they had it for 3.

Now to finish up some minor machine work and get the thing back together!

--Ian

 

Good thing they didn't lag that much like most other shops, how much you planning to boost on that motor?

 

I think Beefy is an understatement..

art

 

make sure you price o ringing locally....I found it to be 150, and they offered to reimburse 30, so I just sent it back on their tab. Vince kicks butt

 

how much did that cost you. Do Dartons compait to those, just curious?


[Modified by BLK94RS, 7:02 AM 10/19/2001]

 

 

Damn, you sleeved a H22?

How much power are you aiming for?

400whp?

 

more streetable than Darton's, IMHO. Still keeps the open jackets, yet incredibly strong.


here's mine, though it's not done yet

 

if u ain't using it right now..spray some wd-40's so the sleeves won't rust

 

Yeah or just any grease will do it.

 

heh...yup already oiled up. I was surprised that when I opened it up that it was bone dry.

Just ordered the rest of my bearings (my dumb *** didn't write down the crank journal codes before I shipped it). Taking the block in Monday and my machine shop is honing it, high-speed balancing the crank and doublechecking the rods/pistons (JE 9:1's and Pauter X-beams). Hopefully by next weekend I'll have everything in hand to start assembly.

I take it the consensus is to get it oringed and screw the step deck??!?

--Ian

 

Man, I really like those sleeves and the upper brace. I wish I could've sent to them, but the shipping from Canada just wasn't worth it. My own shop is putting in sleeves they made, which are t-top similar to the Darton sleeves. I should have pictures tonight.

 

Can I ask a beginners question: what's o-ringing?

thanks!

-Shing

 

O ringing is the process where a small groove is cut, outlining the top of the cylinder sleeves where the headgasket lays. In this small groove, a small strip of copper is pressed in, and protrudes slightly up. This allows the head gasket to seal even tighter. HTH

 

I have a different concept of O - ringing, v - shaped grooves are cut around the head as mentioned above and then SS aircraft wire is pressed into the groove not copper, this combined with a copper head gasket is an unblowable seal. generally 0.043 ss 314 wire.
cheers,

 

well I was speaking for use with tri metal (oem honda) head gaskets, no copper ones (bleh!).

 

copper just takes so much effor to seal correctly. Compared to just factory gasket. I havent seen to many factory gaksest just plain melt.