<VV> CAMS and CAM Bearings

[Rad Davis]

Sleeving lifter bores on smallblock chevies is pretty well documented.  In 
their case, it is generally done because there's power to be had if all the 
bores are properly aligned, and the General isn't renowned for 
ultra-precise machine work.  Since the Corvair case has a perpendicular 
mating face to the lifter bores, it wouldn't be too bad to bore them 
oversize, then sleeve to spec.  I'd probably use a brass or bronze sleeve.

Of course, this is assuming that the crankcase is unobtanium for some reason...


At 11:06 PM 2/6/2006 -0800, corvairs wrote:
>Smitty and all,
>
>What I would consider an even bigger block problem is wear of lifter 
>bores. You know, when you build an entire engine then find out that one or 
>more lifters bleed down badly because the lifter bores are worn out. How 
>do we fix that?  Lon



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