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Jul 17, 2012 | 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by bigsinky

sorry yes you have. some blocks on high power builds have strengthening liners inside the cylinders. this is what i was taking about. In the previous post the poster talked about the liners moving. does he mean the cylinder actually "warps"? i know strengthening liners can drop making the block useless.

Are you talking about liner pinning? You can't put liners inside liners to strengthen the cylinder, or not that i'm aware.

Jul 18, 2012 | 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by chopperman

Are you talking about liner pinning? You can't put liners inside liners to strengthen the cylinder, or not that i'm aware.

yes you can. check out the dry liners on this page. cylinder is machined and a sleeve liner is inserted. was popular on big power builds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylinder_block

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Jul 19, 2012 | 09:05 PM

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Subaru-EJ2...#ht_949wt_1270

Jul 19, 2012 | 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by bigsinky

yes you can. check out the dry liners on this page. cylinder is machined and a sleeve liner is inserted. was popular on big power builds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylinder_block

That link doesn't answer my question mate.