93 Civic CX HB

92_luder · Post by **92_luder** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:04 am

i wanted to but at the time i was driving the car...but then!!...i blew my head gasket, pulled the engine and trans today...ordered a new golden eagle b20/vtec headgasket.

92_luder · Post by **92_luder** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:07 am

i also replaced the spindle with EX spindles and got all new brake stuff too.

92_luder · Post by **92_luder** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:11 am

sorry for the multi-post, but i discovered that the guy who put it the b20/vtec together thought it was ok to remove the iab plate form the gsr intake mani, shortening the runners and doin more harm than anything....

as well as some funky jb weld looking type stuff on the back of the block, im gonna post pics after intake mani is off and see if i can get some guidance as to what all additions would be good as far as a crankcase breather, and whatever else sensors and plugs SHOULD be tapped into a GOOD b20/vtec

92_luder · Post by **92_luder** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:12 pm

goal for today was to break the engine down...

and in the process i discovered this...

..a break in my intake manifold gasket right under the coolant port on the intake mani.....im thinkn this is where my anti-freeze man have came from....not 100% about the oil because i see no signs of oil ever going thru it....even th passage has clean antifreeze in it.

any idea about the oil?

92_luder · Post by **92_luder** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 2:13 am

a bonafied newb wen it comes to goin into a motor so i took every possible organization tactic i could and implemented it lol

*I labeled every connector right when i removed it from the engine

*bagged and labeled all bolts to everything that came off the engine/trans too

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*Alot of oil in the 1st cylinder valve chamber, exhaust too.....only in this one port tho...the rest are clean(ish)

sirricealot · Post by **sirricealot** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:50 am

Did you pick this up from clist? I seen a cheap hatch on there a few weeks ago

92_luder · Post by **92_luder** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 3:52 pm

nu uh picked up the hatch from a buddy of mines

92_luder · Post by **92_luder** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 5:04 am

New Developments

Selling the b20 vtec, swapping an ls into the hatch, long term plans of boost...short term plans of gettin rid of some of my legal issues.

B18b1 obd1....heard run and drive, came off and auto tranny so it wasnt beat on. didnt smoke....and only had 130xxx miles on it. recent water pump and timing belt, new dizzy and plugs....picked up for $400. Decided id rather get the ls than spend 5-600 rebuilding the b20 over the course of a couple weeks when i need a daily NOW.

MaSSaCrE · Post by **MaSSaCrE** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 5:38 am

I would think youd go ahead and slap the vtec head over to this ls motor but thats just my opinion.

92_luder · Post by **92_luder** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 7:16 am

MaSSaCrE;288549 wrote:I would think youd go ahead and slap the vtec head over to this ls motor but thats just my opinion.

to be honest, im thinkin about it....but when it comes to ls/vtec and b20/vtec unless you raise compression you dnt really get anything out of it except vtec itself, no real hp gains or anything....