cylinder sleeves or jbweld DILEMA!

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liam012
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Post Wed Aug 23, 2006 11:49 am

is it possible to get cylinder sleeves to rebore and sleeve my 2.7 block? i know the diameter is 84mm but i cant find them anywhere?
any ideas?
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Post Wed Aug 23, 2006 12:00 pm

Yes

Sleeves are avaible used on a lot of alloy block jag & bmw v8's aboyut a grand a set fot ajv8 plus fitting, cheaper to get another block as it only a standard 2.5 m20, or bore out a 2.0

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Post Wed Aug 23, 2006 12:14 pm

yeah 2.0 bore is 80mm, whats wrong with with yours then?
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Post Wed Aug 23, 2006 2:07 pm

i cant be certain
if you look into the water way where the water pump goes on there is a pinhole about 1.8mm into cylinder number one (another 1.2 mm and it will make it through to the cylinder but we believe below where the pistons crown lowest point will be through a revolution) - we think this is caused by cavitation of the water pumps vortex creating a dryish spot and therefore leading to this mild corrosion as opposed to thinking the whole block/waterways have gone porous but are unsure of what to do next....
do we hope it aint porous and just jbweld that tiny litle pinhole and reassemble the engine
or do we rebore and resleeve the block?
if any one has any ideas advice or experience onthis i woiuld really apprreeeciate it as right now i haven't a clue.
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Post Wed Aug 23, 2006 2:09 pm

oh i see - a grand you say?
well in that case i believe jbweld was 6 poounds on ebay the last time i looked....
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Post Wed Aug 23, 2006 8:47 pm

JB weld is basically just chemical metal. not a long term fix.

i have a fully built 2.5 block you can have if you wnat it?
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Post Wed Aug 23, 2006 10:41 pm

i'd love it mate
but being in ireland is why this is such a dilema - parts are all the harder to find
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