Re: 140 looper 1988 rebuild??
i can shoot myself,
spoke to the guy at the machine shop today, and he told me i should not have bought that block because he has a 88 block that only needs one cylinder bored .020 over and the others are only honing.
he wanted 200 for it bored and honed. he does good work i always go to him for boring blocks.
he would charge me 40 per cylinder to rebore the 87 small bore and he said that he didnt recoment reboring the small bore to 3,685. there would not be much left of the sleeve he said.
it can be done but the 88 block would be better.
so i can kick myself in the a.. payed 350 for the 87 wich i have to rebore for 160 dollars or buy the 88 block for 200 and honed bored ready to rock and roll.
he said he would even throw me some standart pistons if i needed them.
the 0.020 i have to buy.for 100.
Dhadley, the machine shop guy who is 60 something years old and a very experianced mechanic told me that if i would take that much metal of the sleeves, the chanses of surviving a overheat condition will get smaller. the sleeves are weaker to withstand a overheat condition .
these were his words and it does make some sence.
does any body needs a 87 block ?140hp
0.044 over for wiseco pistons.
only needs honing.
just bought it to quick.