My block gaurd came in for my 94 b18c block.. And i couple of u guys said i could put it on my slef.. i was wondering how do i go about doing that??? thanx

 

Don't run a block guard, Sell it. I personally don't advocate running them and it has been proven the stock sleeves can handle over 500whp. If you plan to make more than that you should be sleeving anyways.

 

I will vouch for that. My stock LS motor is at 404hp right now. been running high HP for a while on the same engine. no sleeve and no block guard.

 

well im not planing n 500 my goal is bout 350-400 maybe... but im be running boost does it affect it diffrently if it was na... and y shouldnt i run a block gaurd???

 

Cooling issues

 

There can be some cooling issues, the sleeves could get out of round a bit if you don't bore it afterwards and on top of all, I don't think they do any good. I've seen sleeves crack with block guards and I've seen them crack without so they really don't solve any problems.

 

yea i would put that $100 towards something else.

 

If you are going to do anything, go with sleeves. A block guard can be put in with a rubber mallot and you run into the issue of having one side in diff than the other, causing more stress. on the block vs. sleeving where its all exact.

 

I agree dont do it. Evans tuning built a GSR which made over 650whp on stock sleeves and ran it for 2 years without any problems the only reason they took they car down was to make more power!

 

So block guards are pretty much a waste of money giving builders a false sense of security thinking they can run harder and more boost.