Yeah, i had an awesome machinist that did worked for Napas machine shop and has been there since the 70's. He said yeah no problem, gave him the instructions and all and he finished the job and so on and looked good. However he didnt use a torque plate during the final bore and hone and then did the final decking and we got the 2.2L VE together and it ran alright but as soon as breakin was done and first WOT pull, it started overheating and pressurizing the cooling system. I knew right away what was up.
Pulled the head and all the sleeves had dropped a good fingernail thickness or more down blowing the gasket.
Luckily being it was done through Napa, they warrantied the work and paid for the cost of the block, the headgasket, the sleeves, the labor, and an additional $500 in pain and suffering money. So they came through on their end at least.
The machinist told me he was used to doing the V8 sleeves and has torque plates for them but he started getting worried during that final bore/hone/deck process if the sleeves had lifted up. He was like well thats the last time I take a job like that. But everything else I always used him for my regular cleaning, overbores on stock sleeves, decking, head resurface, and you name it and never had any problems and still would use him over anyone else in the area. Ive given him a lot of business with mine and customer vehicles I was working on. Top notch in everything else ive given him. No worries.
Im just saying sleeving these blocks is a hassle and if you dont have the right stuff, I can gurantee you it wont work and last.
Had the guy from Napa had a torque plate, no doubt it would have lasted and been performed 100%. Thats how good the guy is.
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Originally Posted by redse-r 
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