But that doesn't include the cost of the sleeve itself. I don't know what a
spitfire sleeve costs, but one for a small domestic V8 runs about $150 -
more than the cost of another block. In my experience with other motors,
it's cheaper just to find another block. Spitfire parts cars seem to only
cost $200-$500 anyway, you could sell off the parts and be $$ ahead.
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Chuck Pedretti
Senior Consultant, MCSD, MCSE+I, MCDBA
Magenic Technologies
http://www.magenic.com - Magenic Technologies website
http://www.oldjeep.com - Personal website
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-----Original Message-----
From: Nolan Penney [mailto:npenney@mde.state.md.us]
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 2:18 PM
To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: RE: Feelin' Mighty Blue
Boring a block to accept pistons is no easier cheaper or quicker then boring
a block to accept sleeves. Dropping a sleeve in is quite easy to do. If
one is nervous about doing it themselves, have the machine shop do it when
they finish up the bore job. It'll add about 20 minutes time to the whole
job.
>>> Chuck Pedretti <chuckp@magenic.com> 06/06 1:45 PM >>>
My guess would be because it's usually cheaper to find another block that
just needs boring than to sleeve even a single cylinder.
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