Yes, but have you priced installing sleeves if your block is overbored? Not
cheap! Unless your building a race engine, stick with minimum bore size and
put your money into breathing, balancing and timing improvements.
Gerard
Gerard
At 1:26 PM -0400 5/23/02, SDOliner@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 5/22/02 10:50:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>cabbott@sc.rr.com writes:
>
><< Personally I am never keen on a big over-bore on an engine that doesn't
> need
> > it because it ultimately reduces the life of the block and I don't think
> > makes that much more power.
> >>
>
>Agreed but there is always the possibilty of sleeving the block. My 1275 came
>with factory installed sleeves. This was done when there was a problem in the
>casting. I was informed by the list, that the sleeved engines are prefered,
>since the sleeve doesn't wear as quickly. I can say that the 1275 I rebuilt
>had very little wear on the cylinders, (crank and cam also) although I am
>clueless as to its prior mileage.
>
>Given the condition fo my block, I stayed at "standard"
>
>David Oliner
>59,60 Bugeyes
>67 TR4A
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