Questions about plating...

[Adrenaline]

Okay a few questions....

1. What is traditional plating made of?

2. What is Suzuki Motor Corp. all hyped up about with there SCEM plating?

3. Whats so bad about sleeving an engine? It's a little steel liner that slides in correct? if so can't you have a few of them and switch them out when you want different porting?

4. Why does plating flake?

5. Is there a certain amount of hours that someone should send there cylinder to a cylinder specialist say Eric Gorr and have there cylinder replated?

6. Why does the piston get damaged more than the plating?

7. How thick is normal plating?

8. What chemicals eat at the plating? and why doesn't gasoline eat away at plating?

9. What tools and machinery do you need to plate a cylinder?

Thank you in advance!
Adrenaline

 

[Lutz]

I have answers to a couple of your questions:

3. Sleeving an engine isn't all-together bad, but a plated cylinder transfers heat better, and lasts longer. Yes, a sleeve is a steel liner, but it is PRESSED in; you can't just change them at will, and the porting relies on more than just the openings into the cylinder.

6. The piston gets damaged more than the plating because the plating is very hard, while the piston is relatively soft aluminum.

For some more answers, check out U.S. Chrome's website at www.usnicom.com.
Regards,
Lutz