ive been puting this motor together for the past few weeks and its just about done so i thought id share some pics with everyone just for the hell of it. dyno numbers should be up in a week or 2 enjoy

oh and i realize that some bolts are missing...its not done yet

B18C1 block (11.7:1)
LS crank and rods
arp rod bolts
JDM ITR pistons .25 over
OEM bearings
OEM headgasket
ARP headstuds
GSR head
skunk2 valvetrain
skunk2 stage 2 cams
JDM DC 4-1 header
Skunk2 IM
looking for over 190whp













Modified by 99B16Si at 1:00 AM 2/26/2005


Modified by 99B16Si at 1:01 AM 2/26/2005

 

No specs or mods list? Weaksauce!

why did you bother to label each piston? if you label the first one its not too hard to get the rest.


Modified by JoeB18R at 9:57 PM 2/25/2005

 

You label pistons because a smart person would take the pistons to the machine shop along with the block to have each cylinder sized to the piston going in it. Then you dont get confused when assembling it, and you have correct clearances.

 

machine shop labeled them when they bored the cylinders. they set the piston to wall clearance using each individual piston. im sure oem pistons are identical anyway, but it doesnt hurt

 

organization is really important in engine assembly and labeling EVERYTHING is a great idea. The pistons especially since each one is sized for each bore. I support the labeling build is looking good as well.

 

You have a very similar setup to me. I only have stage 1's and my stock gsr rods and crank. I put down 191whp with 137ft/lbs of tq. You didnt say anything about tuning, I love my hondata.

 

itll be tuned with uberdata or crome

 

nice looking build bro, when you use an LS crank and rods, do you spec the rod bearings to gsr or LS spec? just wondering never done it before.

and you did the pistons the right way, each piston to each individual cylinder because no piston is exactly the same or exactly perfect

 

ls crank, ls rods....ls bearings
i havent looked in a helms in a while but if i remember correctly an ls runs slightly tighter clearances than a gsr but i think they still overlap slightly and that is right around where the bearing clearances are in this motor (between .015-.017)


Modified by 99B16Si at 11:06 AM 2/26/2005

 

get that thing tuned yet?
Ill be running very similar to that minus the ls crank and rods.
GSR longblock
p30's
skunk2 IM
AN-R IM gasket
ARP headstuds
AN-R header
OEM headgasket (11.7:1 CR)
Hopefully some sort of stage 2 or 3's.
Also using Uberdata or crome

 

i just picked up some stage 2 cams from skunk, there is a H-T sponsor selling them for ~510 bucks shipped.

Also, I found that crome is the better program between the two.

 

keep us updated when you build is complete. post some dyno's also.

 

In the first pic, it seems there is a small crack in the sleeve at the very top middle on cyl 2 or 3 I cant tell.....

 

cant wait for some dyno numbers

 

How come your CR is so high JDM ITRs should yield like 11.3-4 in a GSR is it because your using LS Rods?

 

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and crank..yes

 

Yeah thats what I meant y0 , Good Luck with the Build