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6.9l vs. 7.3l, the debate rages on...

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Old 07-04-2006, 11:30 AM
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Wet sleeves

The only sleeves you can rely on are wet sleeves. The 6.9l and 7.3l blocks are not cast for wet sleeves.

The wet sleeve design used by Volvo can not be beat. To rebuilt you order new pistons complete with cylinder sleeves. Everything is pre-machined at the factory. Pop the old out, and the new in and you are ready to go. A monkey could do it.

As Dave said, dry sleeves are a crab shoot for getting them right and it does not take much to screw them up.
 
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