Finally picked up the head today!

Skunk2 retainers
Skunk2 Pro series valve springs
Skunk2 Pro series High compression STD size valves
Port & Polish









Also found some rockers today so I will be swapping those soon!

Next step is a timing belt and top end gasket set and I can start buttoning her up!

 

Looking good! Can't wait to see more progress.

 

Clean!

 

Great project.

Im not the only one who had initial faith with the D16y7 . But ofcourse time for a more fun engine setup.

 

Looks like the head turned out exactly how you wanted, nice!!

 

Yeah I'm pretty happy with it now I need some lube for the rockers and cams. I will use my current rockers and I'm sure it will be fine.

I should have all the gaskets needed to finish the engine assembly in a couple of weeks.

Right now I am missing:

the vtec solenoid green plug sensor that screws into the vtec solenoid housing
a knock sensor
a B16 VSS
flywheel bolts
transmission bolts
throttle body
2.5 inch test pipe
RMF replica header
2.5 inch exhaust
SI engine mount post (drivers side)
SI throttle cable

and of course a tune.

 

looks good

 

Ok I went a little picture crazy today

68MM Blox Throttle Body





Car in its current state, I will soon start pulling the engine


Swapped out the exhaust for now for a stock piece because of this:



crap welding I plan to cut the piping and reuse the muffer, here it is cleaned up a bit



Picked up a couple OEM filters and some BKR7E plugs since its 12:1 compression


Finally found a knock sensor

with its plug

 

Continued
gaskets/seals galore


All OEM


Some engine assembly pics ARP head studs

OEM head gasket

Little trick



Don't forget this when assembling


Resprayed VTEC solenoid and new gasket


OEM thermostat



SIR engine mount post and studs


Compared to a GSR one

 

Continued


Some work on the Skunk2 Pro series intake manifold




Throttle body installed

 

Here are a few more pics the engine with its cams and gears





baffled pan for road racing


stripped valve cover

 

Look dope..

 

Update!
Here are a few pics of the progress/mess


repainted the mounts



Some wiring



Old alternator belt that had seen better days

New belts and exhaust gaskets

New belts on

New rad

Interior mess

Before I pulled the engine last week:


Still waiting on the rear mount and now I have to source a longer fuel return hose and evap canister hose.


Wiring still needs to be finished for VTEC

completely repainted trans and all brackets, thx EFHatch!

Repainted shield on OEM Cast JDM ITR header

S2 Pro Series intake manifold with ITR throttle cable bracket and SIR throttle cable

Yes I am keeping power steering on a race car you try parking with no P/S on r compounds

New rad

 

First let's start with what didn't go so well:

Integra rear bracket vs SIR, thanks 78si for saving the day because I was hooped for the dyno date tomorrow without that part.

Correct one at the botom, you can stt it is much shorter



New rear mount, engine feels solid now




Axle seal needed to be changed and I also got a 2.5 inch blox flange to get that welded to my cat

Projekz hooked me up with a Skunk2 short shifter



Final wiring

all she needs is fluids and she is ready to start tomorrow


The only thing that stresses me out is the cams, I had the machine shop degree them but they look to be almost at 0 0 so I will get Toma to adjust them on the dyno so when I hit VTEC we don't have valve to valve contact

 

So update:

Finally hit the dyno with Toma after fixing all the small problems.

Very dissapointed with the final numbers. With that said this car is running a full stock exhaust from an ex/si with a stock integra cat converter.

Is it costing me a ton of power, I'm not sure but VTEC made pretty much 0 power. Maybe one of you guys has an idea what is happening.

low cam tuning, alright making good power up to now...


VTEC crossover, not making any more power until really up there


Final numbers VTEC is set at like 7200rpms



Log of a/f and power/torque



Cams are set to 0 intake and +4 exhaust as per skunk2. I also had Precise degree them but it didn't even look like they did anything so I am pretty sure they didn't degree them but still charged me for it...

They also didn't give me the P2V or V2V so hesitant to change the cam gear settings.

Thoughts comments?

 

isnt that dyno known as the heartbreaker?