0Bisimoto

For years, I have focused on naturally aspirated performance. I loved, and still do love, the challenge of sailing in uncharted waters, and extracting what was seen as impossible power.

Last year, Bisimoto Engineering participated in a high profile engine challenge/shootout, to determine which shop could produce the most HP/litre in a streetable, unleaded fuel engine. Cosworth, and I opted for all motor builds, as a torture test was promised for the engines, and the units had to fit in a factory chassis. Long story, short, other competitors with boosted setups faired very well in the competition, and even though Bisimoto with a 360 hp F22A engine placed better than Cosworth, we did not win the event.

At the award ceremony, I was approached by an employee of the winning team, and asked why we chose to run n/a. I simply answered that we wanted to build an engine in the true spirit of the competition: a reliable, streetable, chassis friendly engine. I guess that answer was not good enough, as he responded, "didn't you build all motor, because that is all you know?"

I quickly shared that n/a is quite difficult, and that we have built, and tuned customers boosted engines for years, and frankly, it was not as challenging. He chuckled and walked away saying, "yea, all motor is all you know".

Well, after that interaction, I promptly walked over to Jonathan Wong of SuperStreet magazine, and shared with him my new desire:
To build the most powerful street, small displacement Honda ever...in a Wagovan (just to be absurd). It would not be a dyno queen, but a car that will be driven, to and from events, shows, meets and...the supermarket.

Here is a list of my poison:

Chassis:
1988 Civic Wagon, 2WD

Suspension:
Progress Series 1 coil-over suspension
Progress Honda EF sway bar
Progress Spherical Solid control arm Bearings
Energy Suspension Hyper-Flex bushings

Head:
D16Z6 head (thanks, L&T)
Bisimoto Cam Gear
Bisimoto Springs and Titanium retainers
Bisimoto Level 3.6 camshaft
Supertech Stainless Steel intake valves
Supertech Inconel Exhaust valves
Golden Eagle Head gasket


Block:
D16Z6 (thanks Santos Jr.)
Arias 9:1, 75.5mm pistons
Golden eagle sleeves
Bisimoto Spec H-beam steel Rods
Honda Bearings
Stock Ported Oil pump
Bisimoto/Evolution Aluminum Flywheel
Bisimoto/Evolution Sandwich plate
K&N Oil Filter
AEM Oil Pressure gauge
Hasport D-series EF Mounts (Brian G is the man!)

Gearbox:
Stock D15B Vtec (for now)
Skunk 2 short shifter
Action 2MS clutch with optional 4 puck disk
Hasport Hydro to cable mechanical conversion kit

Induction/Fuel:
Bisimoto heat shielding gasket
Golden Eagle Intake manifold
Skunk 2 68mm throttle body
T1 1000cc Injector dynamics squirters
AEM Fuel rail
AEM Fuel pressure regulator
AEM fuel pressure gauge
-6AN fuel lines
Stock return lines
AEM Water Meth kit (for super high boost!)
Kinsler Monster Mesh fuel filter

Turbo system:
Bisimoto-Turbonetics BTX6565
Bisimoto Prototype top mount twin scroll manifold, ceramic coated
Turbonetics RG-45 wastegate
Turbonetics Godzilla BOV
3" Intercooler piping
Turbonetics/Spearco 5-364 (3.5"x10.5"x28" wide..and yes, we made it fit!)
-3an oil feed line
-10an oil return
Burns Stainless 3.5" 2-stage muffler
3.5" aluminum exhaust system

Lubricants:
Torco TBO 40 (break-in oil)
Torco SR-1 racing 10w-40 (after break-in)
Torco MPZ Spray assembly lube
Torco MTF gear box oil

Electronics:
AEM 6040 Gen 2 EMS
AEM UEGO
AEM Twin fire
AEM COP EPM
AEM pencil Coils
AEM Serial Gauge (this is so sick!)
AEM boost control solenoid
AEM 5 bar map sensor
MSD digital Boost-a-pump pn 2351
Power XS S680 Battery
Rywire mil-spec wiring

Cooling:
Custom dual pass Griffen radiator
Buddy Club Radiator Cap

Aesthetics:
Bisimoto Adjustable Oil Cap
Bisimoto Reservoir Socks
Type 2 graphics
Golden Eagle Rear Tow hook
Weksos fron crx lip


Some pics:
Before transformation:



Camshaft:


Head:


Engine being meticulouly built in Bisimoto's climate controlled engine building room...I love Torco spray lube:


Sandwich Plate, for turbo oil feed and AEM pressure sensor:



Block is done!:


Head and and rocker assembly went on:


Custom BTX6565:




Engine on stand:




Ready to go in:


The project is being followed by SuperStreet. More to come!

Puma909

Dang Bisi. That is a sweet engine. Have you tracked the car yet? Congrats on the awesome build.

0Bisimoto

Thanks, Puma, not yet. I cannot quite let the cat out of the proverbial bag, you know. lol

RC000E

YES!!!

Show'em Bisi...show'em!

Hey, while I have you here...you got a pm. I need to hear directly from you about an issue with something I purchased with your name on it.

0Bisimoto

Thanks for the kind words. No worries, my staff and I are eager to help!

NeKe1point0

WOW ! Absolutely Amazing...Coil on plug FTW ! Will there be any video action of this beast ?!

RC000E

pm sent...took me a minute

No biggie really, as I've moved on and have decided it's time to move over to another type of car after a decade of building these. Just have always respected and admired your work and have always cheered you on to beat those K cars. Just had an issue bugging me, and felt I wanted to pass it along. What's done is done though...no biggie.

I'll be looking forward to following your build here though...looks exciting. You and these wagons. You still have your other one?

NonovUrbizniz

Looks SICK!!

What's the ignition setup there? Coil on Plug? Distributerless? **EDIT** Reading owns me

Also I see you have the Valve cover vents in the front where there's no baffling? did you put some in or do you figure the spark plug tubes will do enough?

And those intake ports look GIGANTIC! any chance we could see a shot of the exhuast ports?

I'm sure whoever goaded you into forced induction is probobly regretting it now.

evokidvii

nice Bisi, looks like you and I have the same goals, actually i need to call ya for some advice and what not

0Bisimoto

Non, you are quite wise, as the tube do provide adequate baffling. Agh, I did not take any exhaust port pics. My apologies.

coryfenton

Love it man.. In for the finish

gutted-dx

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In for this, looks like it'll be fun.

NonovUrbizniz

That's ok... can't wait to see what this thing puts down...

Also... no LMA's?

How much does a full COP setup like that go for? is it even possible with hondata? or do you have to be running AEM EMS?

0Bisimoto

Forgive my naive nature, but what is LMA?

The complete system retails for under a grand ($1000): Coils, EPM, and Twinfire. You can only use AEM or another EMS that offers COP options, but for the price and functionality, the AEM is the very best. I run it on all of my cars!

NonovUrbizniz

lost motion assemblies it looks like they're not mounted in the cam girdle in the assembly pic.

0Bisimoto

Good observation, as they are not needed when degreeing a cam in. After we locked the vtec on cyl 1, and degreed in the Bisimoto level 3.6 intake to 110 degrees lobe centre, we reassembled the rocker assembly with the proper vtec mechanisms in place.

wrx-killer-Sti-eater

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Cough.. cough.. Rummor on the street is stitch going turbo next year...Cough.. cough. (j/k) ,lol

Silva Bullit DC4

Yeah, I read about this in Super Street magazine a while back, this is gonna be an VERY interesting build.

1badascivic

wow 700 on a sohc hells ya

jdm inc

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Very nice! keep us updated!

91' LS-VTEC

could this be a look into the futare? Maybe a boosted F22 in the dragcar someday?

Nice to see you try new things and still push the limits. Love that its in a wagovan aswell.

CRX T-Si

This looks like an awesome project but it would had being killer if it was a 4WD civic wagon.

Reminds me so much of the NuFormz CRX(R.I.P. Shawn) back in the old days even thought that was a drag car but everytime I hear the ultimate SOHC I see that image for some reason.

GL and hope to see it one day on the road.

Gtimportfanatic

aww man.. i'm a fan of this.. in for the updates too.. this might be motivation to get my build going in the right direction

single slam 12

Ounce again half man half amazing lol. this should be real good g/l on your goals bro.

twkdCD595

Looks like a really great project and wow that heads looks worked over on the ports for sure.

Great stuff, cant wait to see more.