[Chevelle-list] Crate Engines

[Brad Olson]

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From: Larry Hickman <lhickmanfarm at yahoo.com>
> Has anyone ever had a good experience with a crate engine ?  I bought a small 
> block Chevy, crate engine, through Jasper several years ago to put in my boat. 
> It seemed like an economical alternative to rebuilding the one I had. Long story 
> short, it failed about 30 days out of warranty. When we took it apart to see 
> why, it had been over-bored and sleeved. Who sleeves a small block gas engine 

Was the failure directly related to the sleeves?  Or is it just
something you noticed during teardown?

Had every cylinder been sleeved?  The only reason I can see for
doing that would be for a rare, numbers-matching restoration;
otherwise, saving a good block with 1 or 2 sleeves isn't
necessarily a bad thing but SBCs are so commonplace I can't
imagine doing even that.

Brad O.