Yeah, I am pretty bummed. Not what I wanted to hear, but I do appreciate the advice. Paul rocks.
The hole was bored .003-.004 smaller than the OD of the sleeve. This sleeve still will not move. My brother said he has had time to move sleeves on Seadoos and Yamis before after they are dropped, however, Kawi's leave part of the stock sleeve in there (below the counterbore). The aluminum of a cyllinder expands alot more than the steel of the stock sleeve. Anyway, sleeve will not move at all. We heated the ******** out of it in an oven and with 2 torches. I even tried to rotate it with a 4 foot crowbar while it was hot. As soon as we dropped it, it was NOT moving. It will have to be cut out. I might just junk the cyllinder at this point, or maybe just try porting both sides the best I can (widen the ports), run it at Daytona, and rip it back down and then put the new cyllinder in after the trip.
As long as it won't blow my crank, I might as well run it for the three days. It might not run so hot, but what can ya do? What do you guys think?
We only used the tiniest bit of high temp gasket maker... on the counterbore to hold the cyllinder from raising up during cooling. We also set a big weight on it. According to measurements, it is all the way down, just rotated. :banghead::banghead: Any other comments or suggestions are always appreciated.