I've been a member on this site for a long time, i read most of the time, dont like asking questions much unless i have to
My build is simple, i dont have much cash but its been a project in the making for about a year now and its finally coming together. As far as numbers go i really dont have a goal, whatever i achieve will be good for me
Bottom End
OEM Rod and Main bearings
OEM ITR Oil Pump
OEM Vtec T/B and W/P
B18a1 Block bored and honed .30 over
Rs Pr3 .30 os pistons
Hasting Rings
Stock Ls Rods
Arp Rod bolts
Big End honed on the Rods
Micro polished and balaced crank
Whole rotating assembly balanced
Full race Lsvtec kit
OEM LS Headgasket
GSR ARP headstuds

Head-
B16 sir2 stock
maxbore 64 or 65mm (i forget) TB
Skunk2 IM old version
Spoon IM gasket(came with the motor when i first got it )
Skunk2 Cam gears

Transmission
Stock LSD b16
Exedy stage 1 clutch
Exedy 12lb Flywheel

Will post pics tomorrow...


Bare block installing bearings


Main bearings and my handy dandy torque wrench


Installing crank


Pr3 pistons with arp rod bolts and oem bearings


pistons installed


Oil tray and pick up installed


OEM Oil pump



Modified by XkjeldorX at 6:01 PM 5/12/2008

 

b16 head is going to the machine shop tomorrow, hopefully i'll have it back by thursday. My full race lsvtec kit should be in this week, aswell as my oem head gasket, gsr arp headstuds.

 

nice built. keep us posted!

 

Nice built up, good project..

 

thats dope

im eager to see what your set up puts down. sick

 

Head was sent out to the machine shop
I removed the Skunk 2 IM and cleaned it up a bit


Here is a pic of the spoon IM gasket, The coolant passage swelled up so i opened it up a bit. Im going to run a regular paper gasket just to make sure it doesnt leak any coolant


I am kinda weirded out a little bit by something. I didnt pay any attention when i removed the fuel rail but when i tried to install it back on i though the think round washers when under the fuel rail but when i did this the injectors didnt sit all the way down.

So i put the fuel rail on first, than the washers and the nuts on top, is this right????


The Block was dirty so i painted it, the GRS Studs came in today

 

nice

 

In for more. Coming along nicely.

 

WASHERS GO UNDER THE FUEL RAIL NOT ON TOP

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by POORMANT &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">WASHERS GO UNDER THE FUEL RAIL NOT ON TOP </TD></TR></TABLE>
thats what i thought but the injectors wont sit flush, i'll try tomorrow and take a pic so you know what i'm talking about..

UPDATE:
Head came back from the shop today. woot woot!

3 angle valve job, new valve seals, everything checked out ok!


Had to get the back timing belt cover cause i didnt have one before


Stripped the valve cover, I'm thinking of painting it gunmetal.


OK now another setback. I was going to drill and tap the right hole on the upper alt. bracked so i could install the knock sensor but the sensor is bigger than the bracket itself. Its a 93 b18a1 block and the alt bracket and k/s are from a obd1 b16 sir2 block. This swap is going into a 95 cx and thats why i used the b16 upper alt bracket.


Anyone with an lsvtec know what i can do? here is another pic




Modified by XkjeldorX at 6:42 PM 5/14/2008

 

Couldn't you just grind off a little bit of the bracket? I'm sure it wouldn't compromise its structural integrity.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Danronian &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Couldn't you just grind off a little bit of the bracket? I'm sure it wouldn't compromise its structural integrity.</TD></TR></TABLE>
thats exactly what i was thinking. But now im kinda hesitant about installing the knock sensor there. The threads seems like they wont catch that much inside the block. hmmmm.....

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by XkjeldorX &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
thats exactly what i was thinking. But now im kinda hesitant about installing the knock sensor there. The threads seems like they wont catch that much inside the block. hmmmm..... </TD></TR></TABLE>

Then you could grind the alt. mount thinner as well, but isn't there actually something on the back of the center of the block you could thread into that isn't being used?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Danronian &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Then you could grind the alt. mount thinner as well, but isn't there actually something on the back of the center of the block you could thread into that isn't being used?</TD></TR></TABLE>
if you look at the last pic with the k/s on top of the bracket, look right under the coolant pipe, thats the only hole i see on the block where i could put the sensor, but the whole is too big. I might just do what u said, grind the bracket til it gets a little thinner

 

Update:
I ended up grinding down the alt bracket quite a lot, maybe more than i should of but im sure its going to be fine. but i got the knock sensor installed Just waiting on my full race lsvtec kit so i can put the head on Hoping to have it tuned someday next week!

 

i used a ls alt bracket..they are all mount the same.. my bracket is way thinner than that bulky one u have.. my bulky one came off of my gsr..

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by gsrcrazy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i used a ls alt bracket..they are all mount the same.. my bracket is way thinner than that bulky one u have.. my bulky one came off of my gsr..</TD></TR></TABLE>
I was going through all my junk stuff and i found the ls bracket i could of just used that but it was too late. Im sticking with the one i have now just because i did all that work.

LSVTEC kit wont be in until tuesday so my plans for having it tuned prob wont be till next week.

 

Kit wont be here till tomorrow so i decided to paint the valve cover and the spark plugs cover. I was going to do gunmetal but i had left over Flamenco Black Pri Metallic paint i had order online to paint my other civic sideskirts so i decided to use that. I painted the spark plug cover graphite. Hope the piant can handle the heat
pics


i was messing with my camera and lighting and came up with this

 

Nice choice of parts. Good luck on your build.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by American.Graffiti &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Nice choice of parts. Good luck on your build.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Thanx.

Installed the head today. I got the full race lsvtec kit and the dowel pins that come with the kit are way too loose. I know i could of gotten the golden eagle dowel pins but i just modified the full race dowel pins. Instead of putting the dowel pins on the exhaust side i put them on the intake side. The fat part of the dowel pin went on the block and the skinny part went on the head. The dowel pins were still a little loose so i just wrapped both sides with teflon tape and put them back on, this made them snug. I made sure to scrape all the extra teflon tape so it would not interfere with the headgasket. The head went in just fine, it didnt move at all and it seemed to line up perfectly. Hope this doesnt come back and bite me in the ***... I'll take some pics tomorrow as i still have to install the oil line and IM. Im hoping this weekend motor will be installed

 

VC looks good man.

 

Nice paint job on the valve cover . I painted mine too but im starting to think white wasn't such a great color to paint a valve cover because of oil and carbon residue build up.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by XkjeldorX &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Thanx.

Installed the head today. I got the full race lsvtec kit and the dowel pins that come with the kit are way too loose. I know i could of gotten the golden eagle dowel pins but i just modified the full race dowel pins. Instead of putting the dowel pins on the exhaust side i put them on the intake side. The fat part of the dowel pin went on the block and the skinny part went on the head. The dowel pins were still a little loose so i just wrapped both sides with teflon tape and put them back on, this made them snug. I made sure to scrape all the extra teflon tape so it would not interfere with the headgasket. The head went in just fine, it didnt move at all and it seemed to line up perfectly. Hope this doesnt come back and bite me in the ***... I'll take some pics tomorrow as i still have to install the oil line and IM. Im hoping this weekend motor will be installed </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah i got a Fullrace LS vtec kit for mine too and one of the dowels fit fine, while the other was way too tight so i had to grind the surface down slightly to make it fit. Poor quality on the dowel tolerances but the rest of the kit was OK.

Did you get a size -6 AN oil line in yours?

 

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Yeah i got a Fullrace LS vtec kit for mine too and one of the dowels fit fine, while the other was way too tight so i had to grind the surface down slightly to make it fit. Poor quality on the dowel tolerances but the rest of the kit was OK.

Did you get a size -6 AN oil line in yours?</TD></TR></TABLE>
uhhh...i dunno. the line i got, one side is straight and the other has and angle, thats all lol.

Update
I installed a couple other things today, tomorrow i will install the IM and couple small things. Im hoping for sunday!!!


Valve cover still has residue from the clear coat. I need to wipe it off clean, tomorrow





What Middle T/B cover should i use? LS, B16, GSR, ITR??? I dont wanna leave it exposed



And Lastly My Garage lol

 

Motor is installed and running It idles and everything looks fine and sounds fine. No leaks or nothing, i have a video i'll post later. Cant wait to get it tunned. dont want to run it with the chip i got in it now