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Which GT500 Is Best For Me? 07-09 / 10 / 11-12 / 13-14
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<blockquote data-quote="Catmonkey" data-source="post: 16114782" data-attributes="member: 124025"><p>The aluminum block is much thicker in the cylinder bore wall area than the iron blocks, which is one of the weaknesses of the iron block. Sleeving only only displaces aluminum material with steel, it doesn't make the material surrounding the bore thicker. The problem with the plasma liner is it's thin and no way to replicate the process outside of manufacture. It's durable enough to last 100,000 miles, but too thin to reliably hone for new rings on a rebuild. Sleeves will not have that problem, and since you can't have the bore resprayed, it's the only way to rebuild a well used block. The sleeves will have to be bored to size anyway, so choosing a 5.4 or 5.8 bore diameter will not complicate the process.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Catmonkey, post: 16114782, member: 124025"] The aluminum block is much thicker in the cylinder bore wall area than the iron blocks, which is one of the weaknesses of the iron block. Sleeving only only displaces aluminum material with steel, it doesn't make the material surrounding the bore thicker. The problem with the plasma liner is it's thin and no way to replicate the process outside of manufacture. It's durable enough to last 100,000 miles, but too thin to reliably hone for new rings on a rebuild. Sleeves will not have that problem, and since you can't have the bore resprayed, it's the only way to rebuild a well used block. The sleeves will have to be bored to size anyway, so choosing a 5.4 or 5.8 bore diameter will not complicate the process. [/QUOTE]
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