I am getting sick of having it on the engine stand in the garage, so I'm ready to resleeve my H23A1. It had 2 busted rods (#2 and #3) that notched the bottom of the sleeves, so I bought a new crank, rods, and pistons.

For the sleeves, trying to decide between the Darton flanged sleeves (48/ea) or the stock replacements (22/ea). Will it make a difference in the labor costs?

Can anyone recommend some shops or people and give an estimate of their price to sleeve/bore/hone?

 

send it to golden eagle manufacturing they do sleaving for 600-800 bucks (sleeves and labor) and get it back in 2 weeks. my buddy got his b18 done and it's awesome. if you don't want to send away theres a place in bradenton called Yowe's machining i'm good friends with the guy who works and owns the shop i could get you a killer deal. it would take around the same time give or take a week. and he's real good about the money situations , say if you needed a week or to extra to pay for it he wouldn't care. he has a huge shop so another motor laying around for an extra week is no big deal. please call if interested i could even help bring it here i've got a box truck to pick it up with. 1-941-705-4422

 

Sounds good about the local place your friend runs. I just don't want to send my block all the way to Cali. Plus I've read of some of the GE sleeves sinking later on. Does your friend guarantee that the sleeves won't sink after the install? That's why I'm toying with the idea of the flanged ones for $48/ea, or even the Modular Integrated Deck design for $500. What really sucks is that I just need #2 and #3 re-sleeved to get the engine on the road, but I might as well spent the money on all four to make the block bulletproof.

A friend of a friend in Orlando had his LSVtec sleeved at either DH Enterprises, or D & H enterprises. Anyone ever heard of that place? I'm in Jax (actually 40 mins for Jax, in GA), so the closer the shop, the better. That includes Daytona.

 

Call Collin at Racing Integration.... (813)930-0904... he deals with golden eagle and darton mainly but he has connections with pretty much everyone and can get u some good prices...

 

you're a bit farther away than expected but to answer your question he will warranty them not to sink . He's got a awesome rep around here but theres probably other shops around you the same way . If you decide to use my friend i'd be glad to take a road trip to help you out, (I need a vacation). And the machinist (Dave) would be happy to get recognized in other counties or states. GOLDEN EAGLE uses tappered or steeped sleeves so i don't believe they can sink, but anything is possible i guess. i'd go with the integraded deck system thats badass plus$500 isn't that bad of a price. call me if you need help.

 

TRy Bensons. They have the best process in my opinion for under $1000. AEBS does damn fine nice sleeves that have held up to over 1000hp but they are pricey. The HP car used the AEBS sleeves on the h22a motor they ran.