Sleaving a block

[Joe Harlan]

Guys I would be happy to have anyone of you protest my sleaved block. This is a standard machining practice. Simple as that there is no performance advantage. Only an over anal reading of the rules could keep you from reading it any other way. Engines may be bored.040 over standard bore size. good enough make sure you meet this spec.

[Geo]

Originally posted by 122 Vega:
There is no curent process that allows the zinc/iron plating on the pistons like what was stock.

You sure about that? There are Porsches, BMWs, and Mercedes that run the same sort of thing.

Originally posted by 122 Vega:
The later factory service manuals offered sleeving with iron sleeves as an appropriate procedure so the dealers would not have to maintain expensive lapping kits for a dying breed.

I guess it would be legal then.


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George Roffe
Houston, TX
84 944 ITS car under construction
92 ITS Sentra SE-R occasionally borrowed
http://www.nissport.com

[joeg]

I loved my Vega even though when you pulled into a gas station the routine was to fill the oil and check the gas.

[jhooten]

And don't forget you had to fill the radiator back up too. I had as much steam out the tail pipe as a did oil smoke. All in all The Vega was one of my favorite cars.

[joeg]

Mine never passed coolant although it popped a rad once.

I put over 145,000 miles on that sucker in 8 years and sold it for $90.00

The body rust was tragic.

Cheers.

[122 Vega]

Ohh...I get it, you don't get protested if your car breaks down after three laps...

I'm immune to protest!

Britt

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Soon to be SSC Mazda MP3

Vintage Cosworth Vega

[Prince Makaha]

There were plenty of sleeved vegas out there as it was the dealer performed repair and factory authorized.