What's up Honda-Tech members I'm looking for any info I can get on building my A1, spun a bearing in my current motor so building one I already had stock block with je low compression pistons n eagle rods and I'm running a turbonetics t3 turbo now this is my first Honda motor build I was going to take it to get built but I decided I want to do it for the knowledge and to save $ lol any way any help with maybe what tools ill need I'm still not sure what bearings I want to run I'd don't want to be doing this again.

 

Run clevite bearings. They are good

 

Not like they used to be. They've changed their material makeup over the last few years.

 

Yea clevites aren't what they used to be. ACL is the most common bearing choice given how affordable they are but you're basically stuck with whatever clearances you come up with. You can move bearings around to see if anything changes but for the most part they all yield the same clearance range

Oem bearings give you almost total control over clearances but are very costly and sometimes there's a long wait through dealers.

 

Holy crap how many b18b build threads are going to be started. I feel like three times a week a new one pops up. The LST forum has every answer you could possibly imagine and after reading through if you still have questions post in there and people will help.

 

No spoon feeding

 

Toooooo much tools to list, get yourself a Haynes manual (VERY IMPORTANT) and it'll tell u what u need and what to do and what to measure properly.

Also acl bearings are best to use OR OEM bearings, you can't beat oem bearings. Other bearings sux *****.

 

Just download the oem service manuals. They are on torrent sites everywhere in pdf form and are complete from cover to cover.

 

^^^^ Yep I have all Civics 90-00 and all Teg 89-01 that I downloaded and burned onto a disc.