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« on: December 11, 2011, 03:13:01 PM »
Jay, let's think way out there for a mo' or two.
When I dug into the Jag AJ27 engine I'm running in my Land Speed car, I found an aluminium block that had been designed for sleeves from the ground up. It therefore had water jackets that only extended down the bores for about two inches. All the rest of the block was cast solid. In that case, the sleeves are cast in place, but if you use flanged sleeves, you could undoubtedly get enough integrity to do what you're looking for.
If you look at the block as something into which you have input from the start, and not something that needs to be monkeyed-with after delivery, you open up a whole new world. In terms of displacement, a high-deck block offers real possibilities. The same could be said of a Moldex crank. Properly cut, a billet crank would take the moving of the bores into account and everything could go back on center. (You see, I have no trouble at all spending your money!)
KS
Have you considered using liquid nitrogen to shrink the sleeves for installation? Works like a charm. Would likely make possible a greater 'press'.
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