nothing spectacular,with the help of a friend (wildoutwhiteGSR) we managed to put my CP pistons and eagle rods in my LS block; micropolished crank and topline bearings. all the clearances were dead on. i also got back my downpipe, i made this myself, did all the cuts and mocking up and had a friend tig weld it up. it came out pretty good for my first time making something

i did manage to break a piston ring tho thanks to this cheap *** piston ring compressor (stupid band type thing) but i got a replacement one and bought a good ring compressor. here's some pics:



my goofy *** checking clearances:



all finished:



and the downpipe:

 

Bedroom engine build ftw

 

DP looks good man, 10x better then I could do... I wish i could weld...

 

looks good men,GOOD LUCK !!!

 

looks nice. What's in the head?

I can't believe you used that cheap *** torque wrench to do all the torque specs .

 

your room better not be in the basement .


Nice build helms ftw

 

^actually it is...hahaha

but the torque wrench is actually a good one.

 

who's gonna help you lift/carry that thing out of your basement and into your garage? haha...it might not be that heavy but it sure is akward....

looking good...

 

May I ask why you went w/ Topline bearings?? I know friends and a lot of local people who have had no ends of problems w/ their OE style rings. I don't anyone running their bearings.

 

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what do topline rings have anything to do with their bearings? your question kinda doesn't make sense?

 

Looking good.

 

I used a super cheap *** torque wrench for my engine build and I'm still boosting strong after over a year of abuse. lol

 

Dp looks good? uhh..............ok. Thumbs up for the bedroom engine build, reminds me of the mini bike days lol. good luck

 

I know you said you had someone tig your dp, but it looks mig welded. Not that its a bad thing, I mig welded mine. What's it going in?

 

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well i was told it was tig'd, because that's what the guy does for a living at work and he did the downpipe when he wasen't busy but i could be wrong. and the motor is going into my 94 LS teg

 

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LoL.... that thread was great!


Bedroom/Basement build

 

I used the same assembly lube too. That torque wrench looks like a craftsman.
Awesome if your specs were good and all the same for each item. Hopefully you didn't make them too tight or loose.

 

The Topline packaged bearings for Honda that I have seen were all Kings.They are a good quality bearing as long as the clearances work out correct.

 

these ring compressors are the best things ever.

 

I spy mastercraft maximum tools and a princess auto engine stand

Canadian tools ftw

 

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YES! i got one of those after and it install was butter! i should have gotten one of those in the first place