-> checked, sleeving a 215 or 3.5 out to the 3.7" bore ran $100 a hole.
-> (Thats what I was quoted anyway) So... when the cost of sleeving,
You might want to check around some more, perhaps out of your area, as
the blocks are light enough to ship UPS. Going rate around here is $50
per hole for singles, usually a discount for multiples.
To do a sleeve the block has to be bored considerably oversize, the
boring bar dismounted, the sleeve installed, the boring bar remounted,
and then the hole bored to size. It takes as much time to install a
single sleeve as it does to bore a whole bank of cylinders, which is why
it's expensive. Then it has to be honed, of course.
Machine shops also tend to get work in cycles. If you're not in a
hurry, you might be able to negotiate a more favorable rate if they work
on it during a time when there's no pressing work to be done.
-> the new short blocks tend to win in terms of cost effectiveness over
-> here. That is, in the US.
What's the transmission bolt pattern on the new blocks?
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