bbc engine sleeve
 

i have a dart tall deck 598 4600 bore swallowed a valve there are small nicks in cyl wall has anyone had luck with a sleeve and who sells them and can install them any help thanks

Joe,
I ran a sleeve in my Merlin block for years.. Only problem was the first machine shop that put it in, knew too much and didnt put a step in the bore to seat the sleeve. It would slide up and down.. I say that because they wouldnt listen to me when I asked about it.. They are suppose to be one of the better shops in the area. I found they were just the most arrogant shop around.. :)
Finally got a machine shop to do it right, and no problems with it since then!! Any good machine shop can get the sleeves and install them, but ask questions.. especially about the step in the bore.
Good luck with it..
Dick

One other thing to keep in mind. I will only use thin sleeves. The thick sleeves sometime require boring the block so that you bust through into the water jacket. I will not sleeve a block unless the sleeve can be supported all the way around. If it busts through the water jacket and there is nothing left to support the sleeve, then I will replace the block. You should be able to do it without much of a problem. Good luck.
Eddie

Joe
if your in massapequa email me at [email protected],
I have a local engine builder I can put you in touch with that can do it for you
Im right in Seaford

tall deck

Small nicks may not be a problem. ???

Rogers Speed Shop in north Jersey sleeved my 427 tall deck last month. The engine runs great!

2 Sleeves in mine and has been fine now for 6 seasons.