is this block guard good?....says improved cooling.

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07-26-2004, 09:45 PM

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Semnos

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Re:is this block guard good?....says improved cooling.

Just get bensons sleeves and you don't have to worry anymore

07-27-2004, 03:01 PM

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Lococoin

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Re:is this block guard good?....says improved cooling.

i emailed str about installing their block guard and this is exactly what they said to me

"Thank you for purchasing STR Products. We highly recommend you do not weld the Block Saver in. Other than that anywhere below deck height is fine."

08-08-2004, 10:59 AM

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XDEep

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Re:is this block guard good?....says improved cooling.

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Originally Posted by Dr.Boost

Blockguards ------- suck. I had massive overheating and blown head gaskets with mine. Never again.....

how did you install it?

08-08-2004, 12:55 PM

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Curtis2kul

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Re:is this block guard good?....says improved cooling.

It would seem like as long as you let the cooling start to flow around the sleeves that it shouldnt have ay problem cooling un short boost. Maybe diff in like autocross

08-08-2004, 02:50 PM

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MikeJ-2009

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Re:is this block guard good?....says improved cooling.

I've always wanted to go super ghetto and use a block gaurd and posting. Then I'd tell everyone the block was sleeved.

08-08-2004, 04:14 PM

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tegunderpressure

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Re:is this block guard good?....says improved cooling.

That guy has great feedback.

08-08-2004, 06:58 PM

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robs99si

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Re:is this block guard good?....says improved cooling.

i emailed them and they say i won't need to hone the cylinders that their products are well engineered and i also won't have to weld the bg in place.

08-08-2004, 07:16 PM

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Dr.Boost

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Re:is this block guard good?....says improved cooling.

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Originally Posted by XDEep

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr.Boost

Blockguards ------- suck. I had massive overheating and blown head gaskets with mine. Never again.....

how did you install it?

Which time? I had it at about 4 different positions before my cylinders warped and I couldn't pull it back out. Great product. ::thumbs up::
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08-08-2004, 10:54 PM

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XDEep

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Re:is this block guard good?....says improved cooling.

i mean, did you install it properly by align honing/boring it or whatever. maybe doing the heat treat by heating the block and freezing the bg? i dunno well here's the guy's response,

Quote:

"what is the precision of the milling? what is hte proper way to
install them? and do you allow pickup? thanks"

they just tap in...yes we allow pickups

riiight.

btw, how warped were the cylinders? what do you think they'd have looked like if you didnt install it? im thinking the difference of materials and expansion/contraction rates aren't helping..