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I don't know what the industry standard is for remaining wall thickness for dry sleeves < how far you can bore to fit the sleeve> I don't think the sleeve is structurally strong by its self, the sleeves have some benefit in ware from the rings vs the cast iron block but I don't think its a cost effective way to increase bore



That was what I am thinking... Sleeving a block with the normal type of sleeves will leave material behind to help stabilize things. Removing all the original cylinder material I think would not support the sleeve or deck well enough. Never mind the cost/return issue.


Well, art is art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water! And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now, uh... Now you tell me what you know.