so i purchased this car /w this motor "fully built" b20 block /w LS head.

ok so supposedly this is its specs:

•18B 1.8L Non-Vtec Head
- Port and Polished
• B20 Block
- Bored/Sleeved 84mm
- Sleeved by Golden Eagle
• JE Pistons 8.0:1 and Piston Rings @ only 6psi right now, block built for alot more boost
• Eagle Rods

so i take apart the head, and it dsnt look port and polished to me. looks like valves were burnt due to tuner making car run lean as hell, also spark plugs were white as hell and back of head intake manifold was leakin. also was hearing a noise coming from the motor and Bseries was tellin me it might of been a piston slap, but from lookin at it pistons look fine with the block. question is, is this block what it really is? i cant tell if its some JE pistons b/c i dont see the # or letters oem ones have so it might be? i can see it has something like a block guard by golden eagle? but not sleeved?? can someone tell me / clarify what exactly is in my block. here are some pics.





heres pic of head /w the burnt valves



and heres pic of my new motor from HMO.. omg never buyin a Jdm motor again.. alot more work then i thought to just put it in my car..







*EDIT here are pics of oil pan out. NO ROD KNOCK, NO METAL SHAVNIGS, NO PISTON SLAP, JE RODS, GUESS IT WAS THE HEAD THAT WAS MAKING THE NOISE












Modified by Jesse. at 2:39 PM 8/24/2006

 

That is sleeved. Thats definatly not a block guard. Your head and block look good to me.

6psi on a 8.0 compression motor? That engine has MUCH more potential. 6psi probably got you nowhere fast.

And how is a JDM motor harder to install than a USDM? They are the same...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDM_Ej &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">That is sleeved. Thats definatly not a block guard. Your head and block look good to me.

6psi on a 8.0 compression motor? That engine has MUCH more potential. 6psi probably got you nowhere fast.

And how is a JDM motor harder to install than a USDM? They are the same...</TD></TR></TABLE>

ic 6psi probably b/c i had the crappy delta spike wastegate. thats why i need a tial . JDM motor was harder to install b/c had to switch the bracket for driver side motor mount when the car was already cherry picked into the bay and bolted down some of the motor mounts and had to switch the intake manifolds and scrape all the paper gasket off of that.

 

*EDIT here are pics of oil pan out. NO ROD KNOCK, NO METAL SHAVNIGS, NO PISTON SLAP, JE RODS, GUESS IT WAS THE HEAD THAT WAS MAKING THE NOISE