bates sleeved blocks
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yeah i see good and bad things with bates. i spoke with ray bates today over phone and he says he has done alot of people on the forums as well as the race cars.
bates had a good price for sleeves installed but then all the extra stuff he adds on makess it the same as darton. trying to figure out which way i want to go.
bates had a good price for sleeves installed but then all the extra stuff he adds on makess it the same as darton. trying to figure out which way i want to go.
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ive done everything to my car and now everything is getting expensive haha. but i dont mind paying to play
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I didn't have Darton put them in actually, so Im not much help anymore, lol. I had a friend in a machine shop at the time, so him and I did the work. I can definitely say that you should probably have Darton do it, not just any machine shop.
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And either have Darton do it or a repuatable engine builder.. I went to RWR here in phoenix because they are known for their race engines and have a lot of Drag race engines they do.
Not all shops can do it, they need a special tool to get the sleeves in or align them... I cant remember exactly.
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well when you replace the stock sleeves with new stock sleeves they stick up and require the block to be milled and again it comes back to people not going back and double checking the work they had done and bates can get you a custom cometic hg for a raised sleeve setup
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I've got two years and about 25 track days on my Bates built motor. No complaints here.
Your results may vary, past performance does not indicate future performance. etc etc etc...
Your results may vary, past performance does not indicate future performance. etc etc etc...
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Howbout this... fill the block up with 100% marblesand fill the rest with super glue. and then weld the head on.... LMFAO JK.... But in all honesty get agold of Aaron at ttR.. You wont regret it.. Im sending customers there now and ive not had one incident like i had with some other vendors... TTR FTW!!!
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My friend Chris (Venom713 in here) got screwed over by BATES. I would PM him so he can explain all the **** that was wrong with it..... and money spent trying to get it fixed. When he talked to Bates they didn't offer to do anything to make it right . I'll send him a link to this thread .
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My friend Chris (Venom713 in here) got screwed over by BATES. I would PM him so he can explain all the **** that was wrong with it..... and money spent trying to get it fixed. When he talked to Bates they didn't offer to do anything to make it right . I'll send him a link to this thread .