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Originally Posted by tom s

I just had a deal on a 455 4bolt block I was given by a friend to help him get a engine built.Found out it had 8 sleeves in it and my builder not knowing anything about why all 8 were done said he would not guarantee the build unless he pulled the sleeves and see what was inside.He pulled them and then said he would guarantee the build if he installed 8 custom sleeves.The owner got the block for a song years ago so he chose to go thru with it.Done waiting for custom pistons.FWIW,Tom

Tom, we ran into a few instances where we had to produce a one-off sleeve( Two cylinder John Deere engines), but they were sized as to utilize an off the shelf piston.