Originally Posted by ghettoturbo

bah...i was confused by him calling it a straw...if its metal its a tube to me. but thats just another thing to expand and cause problems imho

Originally Posted by sccaeg

that what im saying...i dont know how strong the block filler is, but i bet if the metal expanded it would crack it, or put more force on the sleeve. I do believe that youre supposed to have the block bored after the filler anyway since the filler can expand as it hardens or some ----

expand....its not going to expand, it would have the block filler around it... ;) right?