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Honing / boring stress plate

Friday, January 06, 2006 9:06 AM

Well, its come down to the time were I'm getting ready to bore the block that Protomec gave me. My question to you guys out there who have had there blocks (2.3/2.4L's) bored is, did your machinist use a stress (honing/boring) plate for the machining? Or did they just bore the block without it. There is somebody that I caught wind of in my area that is building a 2.3 or 2.4L with an eagle crank and all internals and has machined his block WITHOUT a stress plate. I myself from past experiences with diesels that DON'T have sleeves, we've always used stress plates for machining. My problem this time around is finding a stress plate for my block (2.3L). I am considering making my own stress plate at work, but need the bore locations. The reason why I'm asking this is because I've called around to a lot of engine machine shops and none of them have a stress plate for the 2.3/2.4 blocks. So really what I am asking, is for those of you who have had there blocks bored without stress plates, how does your compression checkout and would you ever bore your block without stress plate again?