Anyone had a block sleeved?

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I just dug into a 351W i was basically given and found the front two rods had been shattered. It didn't seem to hurt the block much other than tearing out some chunks at the bottom of the front two cylinders. I hate to throw the block out so I am considering having one to two sleeves put in the block. Has anyone had any experience with this? Pros and cons?

 

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got several clevelands sleeved, all 8 cylinders. No cons. What year windsor? Depending on who does the work and the cost, the windsors are dime a dozen. If its an early casting, ya its definately worth it

 

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What year is the block?

If the missing chunks are low enough in the bore, it may be just fine to leave it?

I had my current 74 block sleeved in 1 cylinder, #8 I think.
It seemed to work very well.

jason

 

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The block is out of an 87 ford truck. I know its not worth dumping as much money into as a 69 or 70 block would be. I know different shops and different motors will cost different amounts but whats a ballpark and getting a cylinder sleeved?

 

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vristang said:

What year is the block?

If the missing chunks are low enough in the bore, it may be just fine to leave it?

I had my current 74 block sleeved in 1 cylinder, #8 I think.
It seemed to work very well.

jason

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I considered that the chunks missing may not even affect the motor. They are only about a half inch up from the bottom. I guess I should just take it to the local maching shop and see what they say. Maybe someone has the answer on here?

 

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kjmetz85 said:

The block is out of an 87 ford truck. I know its not worth dumping as much money into as a 69 or 70 block would be. I know different shops and different motors will cost different amounts but whats a ballpark and getting a cylinder sleeved?

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I want to say that it was about $80 to sleeve the one cyl in my application. That did include the rebore/hone too. However, it turns out that shop was pretty flaky, so I will never go back.
I would think that to be average though.

jason

 

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i had one of my cyls sleeved, the cyl leaned out and scored the cyl badly.
i wanted to keep the stock bored so i had a sleeve put in. Works like a charm. a brand new cyl lol