[SEL] bore and sleave an engine question

[Dave Rotigel]

The machinist that I talked to earlier tonight (who does this sort of thing 
on a regular basis) tells me that 15-18 hours would be the norm for taking 
a piston from "raw" casting to finished product.
         Dave
PS, Is it "sleave" or "sleeve?"

At 10:22 PM 7/6/2006, you wrote:
>Hi Curt,
>
>All I can say to this statement below in your reply to Bill is that you 
>are my hero if you can machine a raw piston casting in 3 to 4 hours. Take 
>care...
>
>Craig
>
>
>
>On Thu, 06 Jul 2006 09:53:08 -0400, Curt wrote:
> > Bill,
> > Like I said yesterday there are a lot of opinions on boring vs.
> > sleeving... (snip, snip...)
> >
> >... If you own or have
> > access to machineshop equipment, the piston machining process is 3
> > or 4 hours tops...(snip, snip...)
> >
> >Curt Holland Gastonia, NC