resleeved blocks?
On The Tree
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The wet sleeve is the way to go. I would probably call Thunder Racing about that. If you want to go with a dry sleeve set up any top of the line machine shop can handle that, and possibly the wet ones too if you buy the sleeves.
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Talk to Stephan at Race Engine Development. He really knows his stuff. I know he will be the route I take when I'm ready to build the engine.
Good luck,
Mike
Good luck,
Mike
On The Tree
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Yeah Steve at Race Engine Development is one of the co-designers for the actual Darton iron sleeves, so if anyone knows how to install them, it's him. At the time when I bought mine however, he didn't have any core blocks, so I would have to ship mine to him and have him ship it back, meaning I would also have to find a spare block. Instead I went with MTI. Out in the garage in a wooden crate sits my MTI Darton block, and it looks great. If I just had something to put it in I could have told you about how well it would hold up... 
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Is this a procedure that could be done locally? I remember reading an article awhile ago that talked about how only a few shops in the nation could do it, but that article was old and you all make it seem like there are quite a few places that could handle this. How much money would one be looking at (cost of sleeves + approx. machine work costs) to have this done? I would me more interested in NOT having to ship a 90* V8 block. Thanks!
--Bryson
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Originally Posted by bryson
Is this a procedure that could be done locally? I remember reading an article awhile ago that talked about how only a few shops in the nation could do it, but that article was old and you all make it seem like there are quite a few places that could handle this. How much money would one be looking at (cost of sleeves + approx. machine work costs) to have this done? I would me more interested in NOT having to ship a 90* V8 block. Thanks!
--Bryson
--Bryson
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Yes, Steve is the man! We spoke one Sunday for a good amount of time. Very helpful and knowledgable man. I really wish I would of had a bit more money at the time to build the 427. Oh well, my next one will definately be a 427 (although, I wonder how the Lunati 454 kit would work out in the LS1 
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