-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Larry Hickman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Has anyone ever had a good experience with a crate engine ? I bought a small > block Chevy, crate engine, through Jasper several years ago to put in my > boat. > It seemed like an economical alternative to rebuilding the one I had. Long > story > short, it failed about 30 days out of warranty. When we took it apart to see > why, it had been over-bored and sleeved. Who sleeves a small block gas engine
Was the failure directly related to the sleeves? Or is it just something you noticed during teardown? Had every cylinder been sleeved? The only reason I can see for doing that would be for a rare, numbers-matching restoration; otherwise, saving a good block with 1 or 2 sleeves isn't necessarily a bad thing but SBCs are so commonplace I can't imagine doing even that. Brad O.
