[DeTomaso] To sleeve or not to sleeve

Sat Nov 5 14:17:15 EDT 2022

I’m running a 0.040 block. Not running very hard though.

> 5 nov. 2022 kl. 17:02 skrev Rich Hoppe <richbhoppe at gmail.com>:
> 
>    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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