Re: Eric's 1925 Packard Barchetta Speedster Project

Posted by Eric Boyle On 2008/7/21 20:32:17

After discussing the 327 with my buddy who helped me get it, I think I'm going to go ahead and have it sleeved to 3.5625. The logic behind this is, it's going to cost around $800 to sleeve this engine, and finding another 327/359 block isn't easy to do. Along with that, if I do plonk down the cash when/if I find one, I'll be buying another unknown engine most likely, and be right back where I started from, plus be out X amount of $$. So, cost-effectively, sleeving seems to be the way to go. And since his father in law owns a machine shop, I may be able to do it cheaper than I could any where else. He also told me that if you sleeve every cylinder, the end result is stronger than if it wasn't sleeved at all. Anyone heard of this before?