TEST YOUR BLOCK KNOWLEDGE.

QUESTION (1) What is meant by the term dry sleeve?
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QUESTION (2) What is meant by the term wet sleeve?
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QUESTION (3) What are the two common materials blocks are made out of?
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QUESTION (4) What properties of a cast-iron block are superior to an alloy block?
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QUESTION (5) What properties of an alloy block are superior to a cast iron block?
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QUESTION (6) What is the purpose of a stress plate when boring an engine?
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QUESTION (7) What is the recommended amount of material left to hone out of a bore when boring and why?
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QUESTION (8) What is a cross hatch pattern referring to?
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QUESTION (9) What is unidirectional honing and what can it cause?
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QUESTION (10) What is plateau honing?
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QUESTION (11) What is a bottle brush or flex hone?
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QUESTION (12) What is the preferred method of honing that reduces the ring bed -in period with current design rings?
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QUESTION (13) What does line boring a block describe?
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QUESTION (14) When surface grinding a block face what engine assembly procedure has to be considered?
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