Most people will remember my sicking thread about the destruction of the last
motor
that thread:
http://stlhondas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6392
-Well as of today i have acquired all of the parts for the NEW build
Parts list:
-Block
B18a block .20 over
CTR pistons .20 over
OEM CTR rings
OEM LS rods
Micro polished crank
ACL bearings (main, rod and thrust)
OEM main studs
ARP rod bolts
OEM water pump
OEM oil pump
OEM gsr T belt
-Head
B16 head
Supertech Black Nitride valves
SK2 Dual springs
Sk2 TI retainers
SK2 stage1 cams (possibly upgrading)
SK2 Cam gears (gunmetal)
AEBS typhoon IM
Skunk2 70mm TB
AEM fuel rail
RC 370cc injectors
ARP head studs
OEM head gasket
mild clean up
New OEM gaskets all the way around
NEW valve cover coming
Hasport polished mounts
well i think that pretty much sums up the part list minus a cpl small things i still wanna do, going to clean the E-bay up more and relocate some more things, clean up the tuck a little more and add some new hosing and SS lines for certain items.
This i will be my build thread for the red car for a while so i will constantly update this as we progress
here are the pics
UPDATE:
friday night we pulled the motor from the car and started disassembly of the old motor to scavenge reusable parts for the new block.
empty yet AGAIN :sademowristcuttingpanda:
parts pic (not using the pan dues to clearance issues)
UPDATE 2/29
Head is assembled and just needs to be put on the block
Update: 3/9
Block is 90% assembled and painted now, just have to misc stuff back on with brackets then paint the tranny and put them back together
bling bling bitches
More bling bling 3/11
tranny before cleaning
and now cleaned and painted
ignore the bottom rear of the tranny , i moved it and it spit out some tranny fluid so i had to wait for the paint to dry so i could clean it up and finish spraying it.
also the hose on the speedo cable thing is getting replaced thats why i painted it also lol
update 3/16
got the head prepped and painted today so here are those pictuares
also relocated a cpl more things in the bay, and cleaned up the wire tuck a bit and will start on the bay touch up again tomorrow in between motor final assembly and general fucking off
UPDATE 3/27/08
Ok block/tranny and head are all in and installed , need to finish up the catch can install, put the intake manifold on,source injectors, and install the header when ups decides to drop it off .. so here are the new pics
motor and tranny in the car all bolted up with new Hasport mounts
head installed and working on cams and timing
ok head on, motor in time and set the VC and plug cover on there for now
Cam gears installed SK2 FTW
back of block with oil pressure sending uit, sanwhich adaptor, ls/vtec feed line etc/
UPDATE 3/31
Got my new header in .. its a JDMsh!t 4-1 mugen replica header all SS with a 2.5" collector
installed with the modded front crossmember (also frashly painted and cleaned up)
And the most current money shot (still need to put on the new fuel rail and injectors plus i am waiting on my new AEM hybrid intake 3")
close up on my catch can install (done correctly with prelude block adaptors)
BONUS --- car runs , started up tonight after a little battery isuue, had a cpl small things we needed to strighten out but nothing serious. Last cpl things i need to do are swap fuel rails, instll 310cc injectors and dbl check everything and get it ready to take to lowe to get tuned.
but i will say right now the car revs good, has a crazy lope/idle to it and i think i will need to put a high TQ starter on it very soon.
OK UPDATE 6/12/08
I haven't updated this in a while due to just being really depressed about this whole build and to be honest just plain overly nervous and stressed out about this whole thing. In my last update i posted that the car started and ran ... but what i never mentioned was that it smoked BAD and would not idle correctly at all .. basically the motor had issues .. what they were at the time we could not figure out. So after messing with the car for a few hair pulling days i finally got out the compression tester and went to town... ending results were 200 psi on 3 cylinders and 30 psi on cylinder # 4. SO after all this work and trying to make sure everything was correct and done right the motor is bad aka useless. At this point i was at a loss but needed to figure this shit out , so after talking to a couple of people and getting some ideas we started trouble shooting and looking for the quick fix.
so we pulled the head to make sure that it was seating correctly, upon first inspection it "looked" good no stuck valves, no oil on the piston. So onto the next probable cause a stuck piston ring or the rings not being clocked right .. but we did ALL the pistons the same way how could just one be bad , so we dropped the oil pan and pulled a piston just to find out NOTHING was wrong , rings were correct no scoring of the cylinder WTF. So we reassembled the motor again using gasket sealer and 30w oil this time so i could TQ the head down more hoping this would fix it ... and nothing the same damn thing happened again still smoking it ass off.
So the only choice motor has to come apart and be completely torn down to nothing and sent to the machine shop again, BUT this time upon disassembly we noticed something .. the head was NOT seating at all around cylinder #4 the whole outside of the head and block was not showing any MLS transfer from the head gasket (meaning it was not seating evenly across the block) Problem possibly found, so off to the machine shop the head goes .. get a call from them 24hrs later .. Head checks out after doing a leak down and its only about .02 warped so they take a quick .05 cut off it just to give it a new surface and to make sure 100% thats its right. So that means there is a issue with the block
so off the block goes to the shop to be decked (.05 off also) the bores were checked and everything is good.
well i got everything back about 2 months ago and have just been too chicken shit to put it back together just to have the same issues again because nothing serious was found. So after finally getting to the point of just being tired of not being able to drive the car i am finally starting on rebuild #5 again.
-Progress made last night was block fully reassembled, repainted balled chrome again, all sensors reinstalled, oil sandwich adapter installed with the oil pressure sending unit for my gauge and the oil feed line for the head,timing belt and cover and mounts for the motor and ALT.
-So tonight i need to reinstall the water cross over tube, my mugen thermostat, mugen fan switch,fly wheel, clutch and reinstall the tranny and put the motor in the car.
-plan is for the motor to be done and running by sunday night so we will see
