blu00rdstr

Are there resleeving or stock rebuild outfits that buy cylinder blocks that need a sleeve?

Third Gear

Yeah, it's called a scrap yard...

I think used cylinder sleeves are about as much use as a used condom.

AU N EGL

Yard Art for a flower box.

Put a glass top and make it a coffee table.

blu00rdstr

I figured there would be people who want to do a Darton sleeved block...

Billdog350

I've seen some pics of an AWESOME alumimum block coffee table. The 4 corners had pistons coming out of the block and holding up the glass top. Might as well figure out how to make one of those. The engine block coffee table will fetch easily double what you would get trying to sell it as scrap or as a resleeving core. Find someone with some stock OEM pistons and conrods that will part with them for little or no money...I'm sure there are plenty of guys on the forum.

blu00rdstr

I knew I shouldn't have thrown those old Diamond forged pistons out.


http://www.neatorama.com/2006/03/02/...-coffee-table/

Billdog350

That's the one~! Heck I'd pay a good chunk for one of those. They're so sweet lookin.

Dope

Wonder how well the LS1 block polishes up. Spend a few years with a die grinder and lots of polishing products and I bet it would look _SWEET_.

Dope

Billdog350

You can probably just acid dip or sandblast it to get the block looking nice...then clearcoat...

WKMCD

Time to buy a boat and use it as an anchor.

Don't ask me how I know.

blu00rdstr

I took a whack at the block, this is what it looks like so far next to a stock block. I haven't done the fine polish yet. If it's going to be a table, I like those tables with swing-out shelfs...

bobc997615

I'd guess that the cylinder sleeves have a "rough" OD to help molten aluminum flow around the sleeve & lock-it into the block. Not the slip-fit dry liners like you would find in some other blocks. Therefore it is just scrap. It would be useless to bore out the old liner, there wouldn't be enough material to support the thin wall sleeves unless you wanted to spend big bucks to make a "wet sleeve" block.

blu00rdstr

Here's one site that does resleeving: http://www.customdesignperformance.c...n_sleeves.html

It's $2295 to bore and sleeve to about 4.125". How much is bored out can be seen in these pics:







The thing to consider is the L92 block (the 6.2L version of the LS2) has a 4.065" bore and is about $1,300 new. With a stock 3.622" crank, a 4.065" bore is a 376cid, and 4.125" is 387cid. So if a used LS6 is about $400 plus about $2,300 to sleeve the extra 11cid is $1,400.

So looks like it'll be a coffee table.

Third Gear

Looking good, it might be a good garage piece after all

Dope

Not bad. Post up a fully polished pic if you ever complete it

Dope

blu00rdstr

Sure, I'll see how far I get. As far as polishing, it's (I'm) done. My back is killing me. I'm only adding carnuba wax, the rest would be hardware (the red SDPC stand won't be part of it.

123sugey

Nice !!

RED99

MAybe stick a flouescent light inside where the cam goes.

blu00rdstr

It'd make for a scary chandelier.

Dope

Wow that's really nice. The light idea is great - maybe a red light where the cam goes and one down by the crank to light up the cylinders. That would be wicked.

How much does the bare block like that weight? ~85lbs I assume?

I would love to make a table someday, just need a place to put it

Dope