Guest Anonymous Posted December 2, 2001 Share Posted December 2, 2001 Ok I understand the concept of cylinder sleeving and the reasons why one would use it. But when does cylinder sleeving become a necessity? At how many PSI? Also, I only thought they were used to reinforce the cylinders of aluminum block engines but some tuner cars have these even though the blocks are iron. What material do they use? The reason I ask is in the future, I plan on turbocharging my Q45 but that's when I drop in a very low-mileage Japanese takeout motor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueovalz Posted December 3, 2001 Share Posted December 3, 2001 Sleeving can be done to a cylinder that is still intact or one that's missing the original walls. If I wanted to fix up a worn out, 60 over, iron block to standard bore specs, then sleeves would work, or if a single cylinder is damaged, the a sleeve would fix it. I think that this has been used (in iron blocks again) to increasd the bore beyond the original castings capability too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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