AlphaKennyWun

Well as most of you know last week I went to the dyno and had 315 hp @ 13 psi. I developed a leaky headgasket, I thought, and the head was pulled today. #3 sleeve is bye bye.

I believe that aggressive tuning coming from a crappy G-Force chipped ECU did it. This was prior to install of Hondata which would have prevented it. Its a small hairline crack on top of #3 and it went all the way through, so the block is gone.

My #4 JE piston has a small piece of it gone too but luckily it can be repaired.
All I can do now is have Darton sleeves installed at a cost of my right arm and a left ********. I love this hobby but its so expensive.

zojirushi

DOH!

93LSivic

Damn, sorry to hear man. Question. How the hell can you repair the piston---what exactly is wrong with it.
Also, why the decision to run Benson sleeves---most of the board is pro GE.

Good luck on the rebuild. Give a leg, not a nut.

AlphaKennyWun

Well the piston is barely damaged on its edge and its just the size of say a clipped finger nail, it can be sanded down and reused. Im going to be running darton sleeves instead of GE because that is what was recommended to me by my tune shop.

b18bturbo

both designs of sleeves work good.. Both are cost effective as well..

PrecisionH23a

darton sleeves kick ***, thats what i run.

AlphaKennyWun

Dartons up in the hizzle! I just hope I can afford them. lol

AlphaKennyWun

Ok I did it. I put my deposit for Darton sleeves. Darton had two B18C1 blocks in stock and im the owner of one. It should be here next Wed.

I sent my block as a core and my second block with a cracked sleeve which they are buying for a two hundred and fifty dollars. Luckily all my bearings, pistons, rods, crank etc can be reused. I should be up and running by end of next week.