What a couple resleevings go for

[fastrthnu]

Im getting some stuff together for another motor to build. My current buckets are .1 over and maxed out,... but ported. Would I be better off getting some used cyls and having them ported, or sleeving the ones I have?,,.... maybe even to 68mm or so. Id like the keep it at a small bore,. I dont think the head domes fit after 68mm? Or 68.5 or somethnig like that....

[BigRed350x]

By the time you get sleeves and get someone to put them in and re-match them to your previous porting you will be up there in the $$. Might be better off to get some stockers off ebay that are virgin and get them ported for whatever you're doing. Might look into a set of aftermarket cylinders while you're tearing everything down and looking at options.

[NYUK]

i have also heard nightmare stories about sleeves slipping. stockers are going very cheap on e bay. i would start with a low bore set there.

[fastrthnu]

i have also heard nightmare stories about sleeves slipping. stockers are going very cheap on e bay. i would start with a low bore set there.

 

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[jbooker82]

It all depends on what you want to do. I had a pair resleeved. Cost a little more than a port job. I was happy with the port job so I spent the money on sleeves. Had 66mm to 68mm bore sleeves installed. I just run blaster pistons with my 4 mill long rod crank.

 

I just looked at it this way.

 

If the price of the new cylinders and port job are the same as a resleeve job, and your happy with the port job then why not have big bore sleeves put it if it cost about the same?

 

 

It is not economical to take a set of non ported cylinders and have them resleeved and ported.