[DeTomaso] To sleeve or not to sleeve
Rich Hoppe
richbhoppe at gmail.com
Sat Nov 5 12:01:44 EDT 2022
I have been told that the sleeves they used 20 years ago were a problem but
today they have a new style that makes them work.
Rich
On Sat, Nov 5, 2022 at 8:57 AM Dan Courtney <dan at excaliburre.com> wrote:
> Then the question becomes:
>
> Is it better to have a .030 block with one or two non adjacent sleeves
> or a fully sleeved block at original bore?
>
> I've been told you get heat transfer between cylinders on a Cleveland
> at or over .030.
>
> And we all know there's already too much heat in a Pantera engine.
>
> Dan
>
> Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: MICHAEL DREW <mikeldrew at aol.com>
> Date: 11/4/22 8:14 PM (GMT-08:00)
> To: Dan <dan at excaliburre.com>
> Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] To sleeve or not to sleeve
>
> Dan,
> Sleeving all eight cylinders is like putting eight plugs in a flat tire
> with one hole in it!
> If you have a block that needs one or two sleeves, you install one or
> two sleeves.
> Mike
> Sent from my iPhone
> > On Nov 4, 2022, at 18:13, Dan <dan at excaliburre.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'm having handful of 351C blocks sonic tested.
> >
> > One is the Boss 351 that Dennis Quella built for "The Winged
> Warrior"
> > in the early `80's.
> >
> > I'm wondering if it would be advisable to sleeve all 8 cylinders to
> > bring it back to original bore.
> >
> > Another option is to sleeve just one or two holes and go with .030.
> >
> >
> > A 3^rd option is to sleeve two cylinders on an original bore 2 bolt
> > block.
> >
> >
> > Over the years I've received advice regarding sleeves from sleeving
> all
> > 8 holes makes for a stronger block to sleeving a Cleveland can
> > interfere with the water jackets.
> >
> >
> > Does anyone have an opinion on sleeving a 351C?
> >
> >
> > Dan
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Dan Courtney
> >
> > La Jolla, CA
> >
> >
> > [1]Dan at excaliburre.com
> >
> > References
> >
> > 1. mailto:Dan at excaliburre.com
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I have been told that the sleeves they used 20 years ago were a problem
but today they have a new style that makes them work.
Rich
On Sat, Nov 5, 2022 at 8:57 AM Dan Courtney <[1]dan at excaliburre.com>
wrote:
A A Then the question becomes:
A A Is it better to have a .030 block with one or two non adjacent
sleeves
A A or a fully sleeved block at original bore?
A A I've been told you get heat transfer between cylinders on a
Cleveland
A A at or over .030.
A A And we all know there's already too much heat in a Pantera
engine.
A A Dan
A A Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
A A -------- Original message --------
A A From: MICHAEL DREW <[2]mikeldrew at aol.com>
A A Date: 11/4/22 8:14 PM (GMT-08:00)
A A To: Dan <[3]dan at excaliburre.com>
A A Cc: [4]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
A A Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] To sleeve or not to sleeve
A A Dan,
A A Sleeving all eight cylinders is like putting eight plugs in a
flat tire
A A with one hole in it!
A A If you have a block that needs one or two sleeves, you install
one or
A A two sleeves.
A A Mike
A A Sent from my iPhone
A A > On Nov 4, 2022, at 18:13, Dan <[5]dan at excaliburre.com> wrote:
A A >
A A >A A I'm having handful of 351C blocks sonic tested.
A A >
A A >A A One is the Boss 351 that Dennis Quella built for "The
Winged
A A Warrior"
A A >A A in the early `80's.
A A >
A A >A A I'm wondering if it would be advisable to sleeve all 8
cylinders to
A A >A A bring it back to original bore.
A A >
A A >A A Another option is to sleeve just one or two holes and go
with .030.
A A >
A A >
A A >A A A 3^rd option is to sleeve two cylinders on an original
bore 2 bolt
A A >A A block.
A A >
A A >
A A >A A Over the years I've received advice regarding sleeves
from sleeving
A A all
A A >A A 8 holes makes for a stronger block to sleeving a
Cleveland can
A A >A A interfere with the water jackets.
A A >
A A >
A A >A A Does anyone have an opinion on sleeving a 351C?
A A >
A A >
A A >A A Dan
A A >
A A >
A A >
A A >
A A >A A Dan Courtney
A A >
A A >A A La Jolla, CA
A A >
A A >
A A >A A [1][6]Dan at excaliburre.com
A A >
A A > References
A A >
A A >A A 1. mailto:[7]Dan at excaliburre.com
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