schwett

well, after a very long time, my car is at the shop being reassembled. assuming i didn't forget some major part, i will have it mid-week. :fingers crossed:

golden eagle sleeved the block, bored and honed it, fitted the pistons, rings, and rods to the crank, line bored the mains, micropolished the crank, and finally selected and fitted the bearings. i forgot to send them my front balance shaft so they couldn't finish up and install the oil pump. no biggie.

the pistons are endyn 9.5:1 in the stock 87mm bore. i am a little worried about these pistons, as they look to me like the compression ratio is going to be closer to 9.0:1 than 9.5:1, which was not my goal. i went with a cometic .027" head gasket, so that .005" will add a smidgen back... but not much.

the other changes at the same time are eagle rods, crower cam gears (and the necessary modifications to the valve cover, timing belt cover, and jrsc pulley bracket / cam gear blocker assembly), a clutchmasters clutch and flywheel, 440cc injectors, the efi systems PMS computer and the removal of the JR EMS, JR FMU, and VAFC. i'll be running jim helbing's 9psi pulley for now.






i really like the design of the GE sleeves with their integral tabs. seems like the best of both worlds (open deck vs. closed deck.) i was hoping for that look of a single monolithic iron sleeve, but you can see the little gaps between them. lol.

i will let everyone know how it goes once the car is running and broken in.

please DO NOT email or pm me asking how much x and y or x and z cost at golden eagle. email THEM and they will be more than happy to help you.

inspyral

ooh, thassa nice one
How long was the turnaround at GE?

Finest

SHINEEE!

int3gra

lokk at those smiles!!!

schwett

they received it april 24, and shipped it out may 29. a bearing snafu added 4 business days or so at the end, which probably won't happen to anyone else again.

ELUD THS

sweet

Prelude Vtec 23

Damn looks nice!! Still waiting for mine to come back from GE.

AbaZ

I would not worry about the 9.5c/r with the roller wave pistons.. I have been running 15psi on my built ZC with the same pistons and same c/r.

Jeff

schwett

i'm not worried that 9.5 is too high........ worried that 9.0 is too low. it would be sad to go through all the expense of building up the motor only to make less power than stock. i can't run more than about 10psi.

Rain_man

your motor sounds like it's pretty built, why can't you run more than 10 psi?

schwett

i'm running a jrsc...

Sonny

He's running a JRSC...the 10 psi number is basically a limit of how fast you can efficiently spin the blower.

Sonny

FredoSP

nice
Keep us posted!!