It is so hard to believe that you are so willing to go so in depth and share so much knowledge? Not only that but you speak in a way that all can understand and don’t act like the most money spent is automatically the best!!!! I just want to thank you. Very generous.
This needs to be a million subscriber channel. Great information and Steve presents it so well. I found this channel from VGG on drag week. Always been curious about the engine tech in the high HP cars, but could find any resources that really explained it. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Thanks so much for posting this stuff. I'm a youngish dude just getting financially set enough to really tool up and start pursuing alot of my passions. I've been building engines for about 11 years on the side and am a mechanical engineer by trade. Spent the last couple years learning and doing fabrication, Composite work, CNC machine work and fixturing. I've had a goal since I was literally a kid to design my own engine platform and put it in my own car. I starting my current pro touring build as a practice run for the next project (the big one). Im two years into the fab and machine work on this build but its been probably 4 years since the engineering began. The next builds engineering just started. Working on a midengine carbon monocoque push rod suspension deal and incorporating a stressed block design for my engine. I've studied the reher Morrison books, other local engine builders, but none are as open about some of the details you go into. It really is appreciated to a noob like me still paying the "tuition" of learning and failing.
MAN STEVE WITH ALL THE HOMEWORK YOU HAVE DONE OVER THE YEARS I REALLY LIKE HOW YOU THINK MY DAD WAS A MACHINIST AND WAS CONSIDER A MACHINIST MACHINIST I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU EXPLAINING THINGS AND KNOWING MY DAD WOULD HAVE REALLY LIKED WATCHING THESE VIDEOS
Its pretty crazy that you spread so much of your knowledge for free, I watch videos I think I know everything about and I learn something new every time. Keep it up man.
Another excellent video walking us through the technical steps of installing sleeves. Great information on what works and what doesn't, saving us time and money. Thanks again.
This really brings back some memories from back in the day when I used to work in an automotive machine shop back in the early 80s. I was the cylinder head guy. ( Peterson TCM 25, Winona surface grinder, a Kwik Way SVSII high performance valve grinder, and a Sunnen guide home station ) I remember the block guy hated installing sleeves. We ended up making it a little easier by putting the block through the hot tank to heat it up and putting the sleeve in the freezer. It's amazing how much energy it takes to install a sleeve with just a thousands or so press fit. On a side note Steve ended up building an engine for a buddy of mine, check out the Mach 1 Mustang owned by Steve Ayesh. I believe the car has went into the low 7's on small tires !!!
Awesome series Steve. Very underrated & under-viewed. I have seen some third parties re-post your content with their channel branding over the top. I hope they have your permission to do so, it disappoints me to see your content getting more views and subscribers for someone else's channel when it is your knowledge and hard work.
I agree and if it was me I would send the video links to Steve so he can get them taken down. And *@Steve Morris Engines* you should start overlaying your SM Logo (or Channel Name) on your videos to 1: deter some of the thieves from posting YOUR videos without permission and 2: the overlay will be your proof that it's Your Video(s) = YTube won't hesitate to notify the channel(s) to remove the your video from they're channels.
this is the reason I had about 7 400 four bolts hanging around lol, hard to get a good machinist to do this, and this is great stuff. guys like steve are the heart beat of every good builder
SMX ! All the way Steve…. A brute block with a killer design. No wonder you’re the king of engines. Thank you for the outstanding explanation of sleeve technique.
This is IMO the best video I have seen on anything having to do with sleeves or sleeving an engine...the information Steve gives here in his genuine ability to explain things to where I can understand it is the best available..That SMX block is a true work of art at its finest.. looks like I will be here all day watching all of Steves videos available here..even the ones I have already watched !
Steve, the information that you provide whenever you speak is invaluable to everyone who has the good fortune to be able to listen. A superb mechanic, fabricator and friend to many. Good luck to you and be safe.
Thanks for the very informative videos Steve! As a professor of cell biology, I appreciate method describing how these machines work and their critical points. I teach the same, so it makes learning this stuff easy
Thanks for sharing all of your experience Steve. Can we get a Steve tech video explaining the pros/cons, dos/don’ts for dry blocks, dry decks, 1/4 fill 1/2 fill 3/4 fill etc. pertaining to maximum effort drag racing?
Steve, I'm an engineer by day and a tuner by night. I feel this info is gold and in comparison to tuning, I probably wouldn't share it. Keep up the great work! Love from Oz.
I look forward to your videos , I may not have the ability to build 1500 hp but I’m fascinated by all the details and knowledge you share . Thanks for sharing
Calm easy going and lots of info. Really enjoy your explanations. Been in this a long time but nice to hear other guys thoughts and especially that turns out product like this. He may not know chassis so he says, but has a good (Really good) handle on noise makers! Keep it coming I’ll be here.
I'd like to know how much an SMX block would cost and I've really enjoyed watching you and Tom and the knowledge you have shared, Thanks for your time and Tom's sportsmanship.
Awesome video. Thanks. Question: What about sleeving an iron LSX block to then make a 427ci or larger, boosting to 2,000 HP, for strength and reliability?
As im watching this, i have so many questions for each style and a few ideas running thru my head i would love to spend an hour picking your brain about them and a few ideas about how i want to do mine to strengthen the block
Nice one, thanks Steve, a very clear explanation. A quick but possibly a stupid question. has anyone tried to machine a spacer plate into the top of the block to use a mid sleeve system but creating a full surface as a dry deck and then machine part of the top of the sleeve so that you still register top and bottom?
I’ve done it for years and never ever had a problem with it. In fact I’ve tore engines down before that I had sleeved and the cylinders looked so much better than the factory cylinders in the same engine. I’ve had customers to come in and have me to sleeve the entire block just because they run so much Truer & wear waaaaaay less. I’m Willing to bet you can run a standard small block Chevy old model with the right sleeves in it 1,000,000 miles and disassemble it and you will not have to bore the cylinders. It will be that little amount of wear in them.
That open block design reminds me of the first 928's and the later HT4100 that Cadi had. Mercedes went to this with the lost foam casting and the Nicasil process developed by G.M. in the sixties. Still no support on the deck.
Awesome video! I didn't realize there were that many kinds of sleeves. Thanks for the info. Hopefully one day i can get you to build me a badass motor!
Very nice explanation and sound engineering on your improved block. What is the max horsepower on your block? I have a question. One of my friends has a 1969 052 Zl1 aluminum block. Some of the sleeves are above the deck with some below. Is it possible to deck this and match all sleeves to top of deck if deck height permits. If so what gaskets would you use. The fire ring should compress directly on top of the sleeve correct. The bore will be 4.310 or .060 over. Love your videos and knowledge much appreciated. Thanks!
When I was a bracket racers all I ran was 350 blocks with cracks in the cylinder walls I would pick em up for $25-50 from kids trying to run NoS on a stock motor take em to my machinist have it bored 60 over, chromoly sleeved and dry block it, NHRA rated the car at 1000HP N/A then it had a 500 HP NoS Kit on top for IHRA use, and we never had any problems running broken blocks to make big power with NoS we were making about 1500HP and I spray from the time the yellows come on till I cross the finish line
Thanks for taking the time to make these videos ! Since the repair sleeve (for iron blocks) is made of a stronger material than the "cast iron" block, if there wasn't a crack in the parent sleeve, wouldn't the repair be actually stronger than the LSX/OE?
Holy crap thank you for this content and quality! First time on your channel but I subscribed after 2 minutes. I feel like i should be paying SME for this; i'll buy some merch tonight. Thanks again!
Yup, with an alloy block you REALLY ned to use a top register to minimise the affect of the block's thermal expansion - it's small but could cuse problems with the differential if a bottom register is used.👍
It seems like the interference fit sleeves with protrusion and separate head/block water jackets would be hugely beneficial if you live across the country from your engine builder and don't want to trust Clem down at the engineering shop to deck your heads and block and hone your cylinders in the event you torch a head gasket. *ring ring* "Send me a set of sleeves, pistons, and rods, please" Throw it in with new gaskets and hit the track next day. Is there also some modularity to the system? For instance, if SME builds you an engine with a bore size on the smaller end, can you swap sleeves and pistons to change displacement?
Back in the 80s-90s, people tried to run wet sleeve hemis on the street - always an issue with water seeping (you had to run a low pressure radiator cap and change your oil early and often. But they did it. Sounds like they've come a long way...
Could you put o-ring grooves at the bottom of the "wet" sleeves in your SMX blocks as insurance to keep water from seeping through the low-pressure fit into the bottom of the block? Is that an area you put sealant on when you fit your sleeves?
Any thoughts on using the MID sleeves in something that is seeing a lot of heat cycles, like an oval track car? When you mentioned relative motion between the sleeve and gasket that made me think pre-mature gasket failure.
No water all the way around the sleeves is going to cause hot spots in the sleeves and possible piston scuffing on the sides and inconsistent ring seal ?
Have you thought about doing an inline 6 block? Like im sure you understand the qualities of an inline 6 but also understand why they aren't broadly adopted. I want to put a serious inline 6 in a miata chassis footprint.
My 92 cadillac deville has the mid sleeve but not with the water ports just smooth sleeves and they're known to have head gasket problem so I'm switching to ls4
I just took an 18 minute course with Morris and didn’t have to pay for it amazing appreciate everything you do Steve
The way he explains everything..he makes it so easy to understand
It is so hard to believe that you are so willing to go so in depth and share so much knowledge? Not only that but you speak in a way that all can understand and don’t act like the most money spent is automatically the best!!!! I just want to thank you. Very generous.
This needs to be a million subscriber channel. Great information and Steve presents it so well. I found this channel from VGG on drag week. Always been curious about the engine tech in the high HP cars, but could find any resources that really explained it. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
I agree !
@@stevemorrisracing he Steve doyoulsx
Thanks so much for posting this stuff. I'm a youngish dude just getting financially set enough to really tool up and start pursuing alot of my passions. I've been building engines for about 11 years on the side and am a mechanical engineer by trade. Spent the last couple years learning and doing fabrication, Composite work, CNC machine work and fixturing.
I've had a goal since I was literally a kid to design my own engine platform and put it in my own car. I starting my current pro touring build as a practice run for the next project (the big one). Im two years into the fab and machine work on this build but its been probably 4 years since the engineering began.
The next builds engineering just started. Working on a midengine carbon monocoque push rod suspension deal and incorporating a stressed block design for my engine. I've studied the reher Morrison books, other local engine builders, but none are as open about some of the details you go into. It really is appreciated to a noob like me still paying the "tuition" of learning and failing.
MAN STEVE WITH ALL THE HOMEWORK YOU HAVE DONE OVER THE YEARS I REALLY LIKE HOW YOU THINK MY DAD WAS A MACHINIST AND WAS CONSIDER A MACHINIST MACHINIST I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU EXPLAINING THINGS AND KNOWING MY DAD WOULD HAVE REALLY LIKED WATCHING THESE VIDEOS
This guy knows so much about engineering. Listen and practice what he says. You be a winner.
Thank you Steve for all your technical information. I have learn so much. Please keep you videos coming.
Wow. Seeing is believing. Your SMX deck is so much stronger -- has the meat to be a beast.
Its pretty crazy that you spread so much of your knowledge for free, I watch videos I think I know everything about and I learn something new every time. Keep it up man.
Also used one of your F1-X pro volutes compared to a smooth aluminum bell, insane how much better yours works.
Another excellent video walking us through the technical steps of installing sleeves. Great information on what works and what doesn't, saving us time and money. Thanks again.
This really brings back some memories from back in the day when I used to work in an automotive machine shop back in the early 80s. I was the cylinder head guy. ( Peterson TCM 25, Winona surface grinder, a Kwik Way SVSII high performance valve grinder, and a Sunnen guide home station )
I remember the block guy hated installing sleeves. We ended up making it a little easier by putting the block through the hot tank to heat it up and putting the sleeve in the freezer. It's amazing how much energy it takes to install a sleeve with just a thousands or so press fit.
On a side note Steve ended up building an engine for a buddy of mine, check out the Mach 1 Mustang owned by Steve Ayesh. I believe the car has went into the low 7's on small tires !!!
New to the game but learning quickly. Old Dogs can be trained and Steve's expertise and common man's delivery of information is spot on!!
Awesome series Steve. Very underrated & under-viewed. I have seen some third parties re-post your content with their channel branding over the top. I hope they have your permission to do so, it disappoints me to see your content getting more views and subscribers for someone else's channel when it is your knowledge and hard work.
I agree and if it was me I would send the video links to Steve so he can get them taken down.
And *@Steve Morris Engines* you should start overlaying your SM Logo (or Channel Name) on your videos to 1: deter some of the thieves from posting YOUR videos without permission and 2: the overlay will be your proof that it's Your Video(s) = YTube won't hesitate to notify the channel(s) to remove the your video from they're channels.
Engine builder has permission.
this is the reason I had about 7 400 four bolts hanging around lol, hard to get a good machinist to do this, and this is great stuff. guys like steve are the heart beat of every good builder
SMX !
All the way Steve….
A brute block with a killer design.
No wonder you’re the king of engines.
Thank you for the outstanding explanation of sleeve technique.
This is IMO the best video I have seen on anything having to do with sleeves or sleeving an engine...the information Steve gives here in his genuine ability to explain things to where I can understand it is the best available..That SMX block is a true work of art at its finest.. looks like I will be here all day watching all of Steves videos available here..even the ones I have already watched !
Steve, the information that you provide whenever you speak is invaluable to everyone who has the good fortune to be able to listen. A superb mechanic, fabricator and friend to many. Good luck to you and be safe.
Making the complex simple is the mark of a great teacher! Thanks so much!
Steve you are always "Teaching Me Something!" Thank You, J
Thanks for the very informative videos Steve! As a professor of cell biology, I appreciate method describing how these machines work and their critical points. I teach the same, so it makes learning this stuff easy
I love engines and love watching Steve tech that smx block is badass its a work of art
You re the master - Best explanation of the risks with the Darton mids I have heard - great info - thanks!
This has actually explained something that I have been curious about. Great tutorial!
Thank you for taking the time to teach us. Highly enjoy learning from guys like you.
Thanks for sharing all of your experience Steve. Can we get a Steve tech video explaining the pros/cons, dos/don’ts for dry blocks, dry decks, 1/4 fill 1/2 fill 3/4 fill etc. pertaining to maximum effort drag racing?
I'm amazed at the knowledge you have.
Yep I just learned something and realized this channel is excellent. Thanks Steve great job !
Steve, I'm an engineer by day and a tuner by night. I feel this info is gold and in comparison to tuning, I probably wouldn't share it. Keep up the great work! Love from Oz.
Love your work Mr morris. Very talented human being.
Lots of love from down here in australia
I look forward to your videos , I may not have the ability to build 1500 hp but I’m fascinated by all the details and knowledge you share . Thanks for sharing
Not something I'm EVER going to find myself involved in, but absolutely fascinating.. Thank you for taking the time to explain :)
Great guy with tons of knowledge and experience
The smx block is a work of art
Awesome. Really cool to see your chan and to see you with Tom.
Thanks, Steve that was some very good information. I appreciate the time you take to let us know about various stuff. Keep it coming.
Thanks Steve for producing your videos. You and KSR are making great videos. You guys could be the Jay Leno of engine and fabrication.
Calm easy going and lots of info. Really enjoy your explanations. Been in this a long time but nice to hear other guys thoughts and especially that turns out product like this. He may not know chassis so he says, but has a good (Really good) handle on noise makers! Keep it coming I’ll be here.
I'd like to know how much an SMX block would cost and I've really enjoyed watching you and Tom and the knowledge you have shared, Thanks for your time and Tom's sportsmanship.
Check his website.
Awesome video. Thanks. Question: What about sleeving an iron LSX block to then make a 427ci or larger, boosting to 2,000 HP, for strength and reliability?
Really have enjoyed your tech videos Steve, and its nice you have started doing them more often
A wonderful useful informations.
At ur knowledge experiences, you still explain in a way for a beginner enthusiast
Easy to understand. Thank you
Thanks Steve learned alot today me and my son are watching where in the process of sleeve our dart ls block
This is really terrific stuff. I had no idea the LSX blocks failed that way.
Your the freaking man bro. Love from New Zealand.
Awesome explanation! Thank you Mr. Horsepower!
Awesome video Steve , very informative thanks for sharing
Live your videos Steve. Watching this from little old new Zealand
Thank Steve. Another great explanation on components and procedures. Very interesting.
As im watching this, i have so many questions for each style and a few ideas running thru my head i would love to spend an hour picking your brain about them and a few ideas about how i want to do mine to strengthen the block
THIS GUY WOULD MAKE A GREAT TEACHER! STRAIGHT THROUGH ON EXPLAINING, NO GETTING LOST IN THE WOODS. 🎉
The wet sleeve block reminds me of the most recent Ford focus rs block and all the head gasket issues those had.
Thank you for your wisdom!!! Hopefully one I will have enough money to buy one of your blocks!!!
What CR does this stand up to! With copper head gaskets?
So wonderfully explained, so clear. Thanks Mr. Morris
Nice one, thanks Steve, a very clear explanation. A quick but possibly a stupid question. has anyone tried to machine a spacer plate into the top of the block to use a mid sleeve system but creating a full surface as a dry deck and then machine part of the top of the sleeve so that you still register top and bottom?
Sweet ........ Everyone go racing and have some fun ... Thanks Steve
This was gold thank you. I learned so much.
The probably of me putting a sleeve in an engine is slim to none, but it’s nice to see the process and how they go in
I’ve done it for years and never ever had a problem with it. In fact I’ve tore engines down before that I had sleeved and the cylinders looked so much better than the factory cylinders in the same engine.
I’ve had customers to come in and have me to sleeve the entire block just because they run so much Truer & wear waaaaaay less.
I’m Willing to bet you can run a standard small block Chevy old model with the right sleeves in it 1,000,000 miles and disassemble it and you will not have to bore the cylinders. It will be that little amount of wear in them.
@@e-racer4673 I don’t trust myself to sleeve my own engine I’d rather send it to a machine shop
Thanks Steve very interesting and informative. Really enjoy your channel !
That open block design reminds me of the first 928's and the later HT4100 that Cadi had. Mercedes went to this with the lost foam casting and the Nicasil process developed by G.M. in the sixties. Still no support on the deck.
Great series ! thank you for the education !
Absolutely awesome! Thank you for educating me!
Awesome video! I didn't realize there were that many kinds of sleeves. Thanks for the info. Hopefully one day i can get you to build me a badass motor!
Very nice explanation and sound engineering on your improved block. What is the max horsepower on your block? I have a question. One of my friends has a 1969 052 Zl1 aluminum block. Some of the sleeves are above the deck with some below. Is it possible to deck this and match all sleeves to top of deck if deck height permits. If so what gaskets would you use. The fire ring should compress directly on top of the sleeve correct. The bore will be 4.310 or .060 over.
Love your videos and knowledge much appreciated. Thanks!
I truly enjoy these videos!! Keep them up please
When I was a bracket racers all I ran was 350 blocks with cracks in the cylinder walls I would pick em up for $25-50 from kids trying to run NoS on a stock motor take em to my machinist have it bored 60 over, chromoly sleeved and dry block it, NHRA rated the car at 1000HP N/A then it had a 500 HP NoS Kit on top for IHRA use, and we never had any problems running broken blocks to make big power with NoS we were making about 1500HP and I spray from the time the yellows come on till I cross the finish line
Thanks for taking the time to make these videos !
Since the repair sleeve (for iron blocks) is made of a stronger material than the "cast iron" block, if there wasn't a crack in the parent sleeve, wouldn't the repair be actually stronger than the LSX/OE?
Yeah should you simply sleeve an OE LSX block to begin with?
Thanks for the info , if one wanted to send you there block for a sleeve repair in 6.2 how do one do that ?
Plumbing of SMX: where do you pull return from for the water pump? Silly question maybe, but first time seeing this block.
I totally freaking feel that you could rule the jet boat world of the water
Thanks for sharing. Often wondered how that was done.
Great vlog Steve thanks for explaining and teaching dude 👍🏾
Great vid. What sealant do you use for the mid step liner in the alloy block and where do you put it
Holy crap thank you for this content and quality! First time on your channel but I subscribed after 2 minutes. I feel like i should be paying SME for this; i'll buy some merch tonight. Thanks again!
Yup, with an alloy block you REALLY ned to use a top register to minimise the affect of the block's thermal expansion - it's small but could cuse problems with the differential if a bottom register is used.👍
Good job Steve.great details.Thank you.
It seems like the interference fit sleeves with protrusion and separate head/block water jackets would be hugely beneficial if you live across the country from your engine builder and don't want to trust Clem down at the engineering shop to deck your heads and block and hone your cylinders in the event you torch a head gasket.
*ring ring* "Send me a set of sleeves, pistons, and rods, please" Throw it in with new gaskets and hit the track next day.
Is there also some modularity to the system? For instance, if SME builds you an engine with a bore size on the smaller end, can you swap sleeves and pistons to change displacement?
Damn that's good information, I am less dumb than I was yesterday.
Hey Steve I come over from vice grip garage is Channel. Man I love the content so far
Spread the word please. Like to get more people here.
I absolutely love these videos! I’m curious about other metals used or is aluminum the go to?
Also: Sign the rpm act!!
Love the content you put out, especially the knowledge sharing videos.
Back in the 80s-90s, people tried to run wet sleeve hemis on the street - always an issue with water seeping (you had to run a low pressure radiator cap and change your oil early and often. But they did it.
Sounds like they've come a long way...
thanks steve. love learning this things
Hey Steve on your engine block how does water pass from the top of the deck to the Head
It does not totally seperate
Check out his older videos…it’s freaking sick. Lots of $$ in AN fittings 😂 totally worth it.
HI Steve, thanks for the info! very nice presentation. I would like to know what is the alloy of the sleeves that you use?
Rich
Thanks Steve for the info the right way. Ronnie.
Would love to have your mechanics knowledge!! Awesome info 👌
Could you put o-ring grooves at the bottom of the "wet" sleeves in your SMX blocks as insurance to keep water from seeping through the low-pressure fit into the bottom of the block? Is that an area you put sealant on when you fit your sleeves?
Love the tech stuff you seem to be pretty good at dumbing it down for the ones like myself lol
Great video easy to understand info!!
Thank you for the excellent content and information Steve!
You using ductile iron sleeves or steel?
ductile 90% of time
Any thoughts on using the MID sleeves in something that is seeing a lot of heat cycles, like an oval track car? When you mentioned relative motion between the sleeve and gasket that made me think pre-mature gasket failure.
can you please do a video on dry sump set ups. pump speed drive gearing ect . cheers thank you
Great info, I have seen concrete in the block around sleeves , does this work ?
No water all the way around the sleeves is going to cause hot spots in the sleeves and possible piston scuffing on the sides and inconsistent ring seal ?
Have you ever tried fitting sleeve with a fire ring built in like some diesels have , would seem a better way maybe
Great video Steve
Have you thought about doing an inline 6 block? Like im sure you understand the qualities of an inline 6 but also understand why they aren't broadly adopted. I want to put a serious inline 6 in a miata chassis footprint.
My 92 cadillac deville has the mid sleeve but not with the water ports just smooth sleeves and they're known to have head gasket problem so I'm switching to ls4