I was wondering what you guys thought about would it be cheaper, to have my motor sleeved and do the assembling myself or just buy an engine from SGP?

 

i think if you can do ANY work yourself you will save a boatload of cash......but i dont know about engine building stuff....

 

I assume your going TT. How much rwhp are you wanting to run?

 

I would like to get 650rwhp on 94 pump gas and 800rwhp on race gas. Fully built motor of course. Im going to go with the greddy TT kit, my tuner also said he can have the 18g modified to 20g.

 

Sleeve it for sure. Honestly, the block should be sent to Darton for sleeving, as they guarantee them not to leak. Regardless of which shop does the engine build, the sleeves should only be installed by Darton. We sell them on the website here: http://www.forgedinternals.com/store...cat=264&page=1

 

Thanks for the info Sharif, I was planing on having them install the sleeves. But i was wondering if it would be cheaper, in the long run for me to do the rest of the build myself or just but a long block from sgp.

 

How much would installing new darton sleeves cost?

 

Around $1000-$1500 at most shops.

 

Brandon's right on the nose with his price!! Here's an email response I received from John Catapang with Darton about their MID sleeves.

Hello Gene,

The max bore size of our kit is 100mm. The kit comes semi-finished for stock bore size and can be bore to 100mm once installed. A good machine shop can install the kit. We supply the block specs for what the block needs to be machined in order to fit the sleeves. As for leakage there is no way for us to guarantee that because we are not doing the work. If we install the kit the sleeves will have a lifetime guarantee and the labor will be covered for 1 yr. The kit is $1050.00 and installation is an additional $1000.00 plus shipping and handling. Turn around is roughly 7-10 working days. Please let me know if you have any more questions.

Thanx,

John

 

Hay Gene, thanks for the info. I think I will just send my block to darton to install the sleeves. Thanks again.

 

Brandon or I can arrange that for you, if needed.

 

I sent you an em Sharif

 

If your looking for a great shop check out this shop, http://www.westonmachine.com/ - Charlie Weston is the owner, and they're the shop of choice for many Pro teams. The work that they didn't on my block was just awesome and they are super nice guys.

 

How sweet is that - there are VQ35 making 2000whp with this setup!

 

That looks sweeet. How much whp are you looking for, and what did it cost.

 

what is that?! some kind of a high capacity oil pan? looks insane.

 

What?! Support this claim!

 

Support that claim?! Too funny...

http://www.theexperience.com/index.htm

Charlie has built their block, and they're running in the low 6's 1/4 mile - do the math... They're a handful of other teams kicking out close to 2000HP with Charlies blocks as well...

 

It's a girdle-dry sump system for the vq.

 

i bet a pretty spendy one too!!! someone forked out alot to have that made