Rebuild on 7.3 idi

[Fision]

I know that they can be bored .030, but when I was in the business, the machine shop that we used wouldn't go over .020 because they felt that was too thin. If a block didn't clean up at .020, it was sleeved back to standard.

Approximately what does it cost to sleeve them? Presumably if one bore needs it all must be done? Unless the others are in very good original spec and one was scarred or something?

 

[DrCharles]

What did they feel was a good minimum wall thickness on the major and minor thrust axes?

 

[Fision]

What did they feel was a good minimum wall thickness on the major and minor thrust axes?

And how would you measure that?

 

[DrCharles]

Google "Sonic checker" and be enlightened, Grasshopper

 

[nelstomlinson]

Wow, $1,125 for the nice one, $1,625 for the really nice one. I want one, but not quite that badly.

 

[Thewespaul]

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[nelstomlinson]

Wes, you need to move closer to me.

 

[Thewespaul]

My family’s been on this property since 1867, I’m not moving anytime soon

 

[IDIBRONCO]

What did they feel was a good minimum wall thickness on the major and minor thrust axes?

I have no idea on that one at all. I also have no idea on the cost of sleeving a block. That would probably vary by machine shop. We may have got a discounted rate since we usually ran a couple hundred (at a guess) blocks, cranks, cams, and pairs of heads through their shop per year.

 

[Fision]

Google "Sonic checker" and be enlightened, Grasshopper

Ahhh! Smart people to the rescue yet again. A local machinist can get it done for ~$150. Hot tank everything for another $150. Bore $350 (with flex plates; but hopefully the cylinders are good and don’t need it).
If all goes well $300 will be all the machine shop gets, but it could easily go over $1k