all motor build

H22EGHatch · Post by **H22EGHatch** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:55 pm

how would i go about building an all motor build for like a k20 or h22? cams, pistons, the works. any recomendations?

sharpie · Post by **sharpie** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:32 am

Building an all motor engine is a craft. It needs to be planned out and built all at the same time.

What are your goals? What will the car be used for? What engine?

H22EGHatch · Post by **H22EGHatch** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 2:16 pm

im going to buy a k20 block or something like that and do it right. head work, cams, high compression pistons, all the works. but i need help with a couple things like a machine shop, what typ of cams, what type of air delivery, pistons?

H22EGHatch · Post by **H22EGHatch** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 2:20 pm

my goals are like just a street car, i want low end tourque with LOTS of VTEC. i want to be "that little ricer" that blows the doors off of tuned v8s

Phate · Post by **Phate** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 2:36 pm

First set goals, like how much money you have to spend and what you plan on doing with the car.

Next, gather as much information as possible before selecting anything.

After that, realize that all motor hondas are a waste of money (myself and Sharpie have both built them) and build something turbo or with more than 4 cylinders.

However if it were me, I'd build a K24A2 with some nice cams and ITB's. Prepare to spend a fuck ton.

sharpie · Post by **sharpie** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:44 pm

Phate;287758 wrote:First set goals, like how much money you have to spend and what you plan on doing with the car.

Next, gather as much information as possible before selecting anything.

After that, realize that all motor hondas are a waste of money (myself and Sharpie have both built them)

Prepare to spend a fuck ton.

This.

H22EGHatch · Post by **H22EGHatch** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 11:42 pm

what do you mean by setting my vtec? like i can tune it to how hard it hits? how would i go about doing that?

Teg-Potential · Post by **Teg-Potential** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 1:30 am

H22EGHatch;288606 wrote:what do you mean by setting my vtec? like i can tune it to how hard it hits? how would i go about doing that?

sounds like you got lots and lots of research to do , or a PHAT checkbook to pay the shop that does the work.

tbrazzy-s3 · Post by **tbrazzy-s3** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 5:32 pm

H22EGHatch;287756 wrote:my goals are like just a street car, i want low end tourque with LOTS of VTEC. i want to be "that little ricer" that blows the doors off of tuned v8s

You're in the wrong scene if you wants lots of low end torque. Hondas are meant to rev, not pull. Especially if you aren't going forced induction..

tbrazzy-s3 · Post by **tbrazzy-s3** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 5:35 pm

And you need to know what you're getting into. Sharpie and Phate are right, you'll spend a fuck ton. For the amount of money you'd spend on a K20, the swap, the mods, machine-shop work, rebuilding the engine once you break something important, and then tuning. You might as well just look into swapping a J32 into your car, buying something with an LS1 in it, or biting the bullet and going for a turbo-setup.