I think I am going to buy an MFactory sandwich plate. They have a few ports on them. Was going to run the feed and vtakk line off the plate and the oil pressure gauge off the block or so.

What is all that stuff


JJ and I are lucky?

 

If it's built right ls vtec's are just as reliable as any other motor. My friend has been running an lsv turbo setup for 5 years

 

hopefully i will be lucky as well lol if i ever get my motor together and in the car

 

My first LS Vtec was together for about 5 years, only blew a head gasket......... Which I guess in normal for a car with such high compression that got beat on all the time.

 

actually matt, the fuel pump isn't under our back seats. we actually have to drop our tank to get to the pump. our floats are under the back seat, but the pump is further back. i've heard of some people cutting a hole in the trunk pan with a hole saw to get to the pump, but i would def. not recommend that

b20 oil pump is perfectly fine for his setup. only problem would be if his actually is failing, which is possible

^^that

 

The easiest solution to figuring out this problem is to look in the helms and follow the troubleshooting procedure for the low oil pressure light. Then move on from there to troubleshooting procedures for the CEL's, then if there are still issues, the procedures for those. That thing is a godsend, I still dont' understand why so many people spend HOURS and DAYS on the internet when they could spend MINUTES looking in their Helms and then be able to get out there and do some productive work on their car... IMO the internet forums are a supplement to the Helms, not the other way around.

 

Learned this the hard way. Went to put my new pump in and thought it was in the normal location under the back seats. Didn't even pay attention to the fact that there were no fuel lines and pulled it up only to find the sending unit.
The Pump is on the passenger side on top the tank. Dropping the tank SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Right!
Need to find a Helms first though.

 

There is NO excuse for not having the manual. www.helminc.com and there are a handful of places online to get digital copies for free, or get it emailed or on a thumb drive from a friend.

 

Yup, just pointing it out that it COULD be difficult to find one. Especially a paper copy.

 

i have a hyanes, but i want to get a chiltons also. chiltons seems to be more detailed on a lot of stuff. i dont think i've seen a helms before, at least not for da

 

The haynes manual hasn't let me down yet plus i have a a pdf file with the the wirinig diagrams 1990 2000 jdm and usdm integras

 

i really need to order one of these

 

those are some nice pictures

 

You're wasting your time with the Haynes and the Chiltons. Get the Helms, it's actually the Factory Service manual, nearly the same as the info available to Honda/Acura mechanics. I looked something up in the Haynes over this past weekend cause I have one in the garage and didn't have my laptop w/ me (has my pdf's of the Helms) - under that topic it literally said the job was quite difficult and shouldn't be attempted if you don't know what you're doing - then just moved on to the next topic. WTF? Helms manual goes into great detail on pretty much everything, and has elaborate troubleshooting procedures for all CEL's and many other instances such as car not starting and the oil pressure warning light as mentioned above.

 

sounds like i need to find me a copy

 

IMO it's the first thing you should acquire after buying a DA/DB. Way before "lower it and one pieces"....

 

HELMS FTW

 

WORD!!! i had to drop my tank like 4 times to change the fuel pump and then a 5th time to put my old screen pick up (idk if thats the actual name) since the old one was too short

 

Lol I have had my car apart enough times. the only time I use my book is for tq specs lol...I know it in and out..

And not getting into and argument about this but how do you figure puttting a plug in a head an running 1 line from oil filter to head could make a motor any less reliable then a factory motor?

 

are you referring to people saying b20vtec and lsvtec setups arent reliable?

 

^yes Heres my unreliable setup lol..just bustin *****


Getting close..waiting for cam seal..and making a new catch can

 

Just wait till you encounter something you haven't done before. Want to rewire your electrical? or need to troubleshoot a strange CEL... good luck doing that from prior knowledge if you've never had to do it before. I've been working on DA's for 10+ years and still use my Helms regularly, especially when trying to do custom stuff regarding swaps.

I don't think that's what anyone is saying. The oil line isn't what people are going to argue is the problem. The standard argument is regarding a vtec block being suited for higher rpm and more power than a non vtec block.

(I'm not arguing either way... just saying that is what the concern is, not the oil line)

 

yeah i guess people just have different luck, i know many people with stock lsvtec and b20vtec set ups with bone stock blocks, they still havent ran into any problems

 

I wouldn't call it luck. There's no luck involved in mechanics. Call it builder skill level. The setups that blow up obviously weren't put together with proper care and knowledge! I'm talking about built setups. Maybe there is luck if your just putting together a used block and head but not with ground up builds. But then again, that's not the right way of doing things and goes back to what I said earlier about knowledge and skill level.