I have cylinder sleeves for my block made by LA sleeve. They are the ones that are thicker on the top. Im starting to do the machine work, and im wondering if anyone has had any experience with these. Any advice, Im taking out a lot of metal and i can imagine that the aluminum is a lot weaker even though im just putting metal back in, just wondering if it is a weak piont and what i can do to reinforce that. I also understand that the sleeves can move. Any thoughts to make them stay put.
Thanx:closeup:

 

alright if you havent sleeved a block before i would stick away from it. If memory serves me correct you freeze the sleeves and then put them in the block. If you done know what your doing your gonna be f*ing stuff up really bad. I'd leave it to the pros

 

Well see the thing is that im doing all of this work at my school they have a whole machine shop there. If i were to have someone do it, it would cost me around $600 to get it done. My instructer has sleeved blocks before, but never an import. I know i there is a chance that i could screw it up, but im going to take the chance anyways. I really want to do the work myself.:wavey:

 

your reply gives me some reassurance, it sounded like you had a drill press at home and were looking for a weekend project. talk to the guys at RS machining. they can answer most of your questions. If those sleeves are made for a honda than you can probable just talk to their customer service...

 

I wish i had a drill press at home, but sleeving a block using one....ha....I am white trash but Im not redneck. Where is machine shop, in So Cal?

 

Theres a lot but you want to try to deal with ones that have a lot of experience with hondas. You have some forged pistons right? anyways RS is in carson, they are very reputable they do all my machine work and have been around for a long time.