heavy85 Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 I'm still trying to find a good used F54 (anyone have one near central Illinois let me know) to rebuild as a cheaper alternative to boring out mine and buying new pistons. I'm not having much luck yet and am still considering just going ahead and boring my block out and be done with it, however, I just noticed that #5 (or was it #2 - dont remember) cylinder has been sleeved. Not sure why since it's at factory bore now so it must have been just to fix the block in a previous life. So is there any reason not to use a block that has a cylinder sleeved? I'm thinking it shouldn't really make a difference but just want some other oppinions from the engine 'experts'. It's not for a dedicated race car but is for weekend warrior duty so it'll be beat on pretty hard and I want as much power and reliability as I can without spending a fortune. Thanks Cameron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datsunlover Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 My engine builder/friend actually goes out and looks for blocks that NEED to be sleved, as you can ussualy pick them up dirt cheep (ussualy small block stuff, but IMO an engine is an engine...) He sleeves them, builds them, and has run LOTS in drag cars and 'street duty' hot rods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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