i have seen those sleeves installed at the factory--by a computer-controlled machine doing things that no human being can quite do. On the the assembly line the sleeves are frozen at many degrees below zero Fahrenheit, and are smoking as they are tapped in by the computer. When the computer senses that a sleeve is not fitting correctly, the assembly line stops, and a human being--one of the few left on that line--takes the block away, to be melted down and recast.
i applaud your efforts with this engine. If you wanted to go into business designing parts and/or building engines, you might do well. You are meeting some of the challenges that twenty-first century racers will face in modifying twenty-first century engines. i do not doubt that there are many more challenges to come, and all of us who want to work with these engines will have much to learn.
God's Peace to you.
d
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