The bedroom build's got nothin' on the closet build....

So we go back to the beginning... I picked up a spare D17 and started ripping it apart...










It was in pretty good shape... 70K, perfectly running, clean inside. The cylinders were a little out of round... partly attributed to the open deck block, so they were bored .020 over and I was off and running. The head was clean, straight, etc....

So all this junk went to the machine shop, the block has been bored, honed and decked (clean up the surface), the head is getting cleaned, new exhaust guides, new seals and a 3 angle valve job.

I'm using Wiseco 9:1 slugs, Crower rods and CP rings. All the bearings, seals and gaskets are new from Honda, as well as a new oil pump and Water pump.
The valve train is Crower, as is the cam, and I snagged some Supertech Black Nitrided SS valves.
I'm still waiting for the head to be finished later this week, and I'm having the turbo return bung and oil temp sensor bung welded into the oil pan as well.

In the meantime, I kinda got bored...


Then I got crackin on the good stuff...
This is way too bland...

This is more like it


And then we move along to the rotating assembly. The ring gap equation gave me numbers so close together I didnt really have a great means to measure the difference. (top ring came out to be 17.7 (thousanths), bottom ring came out to be 18.3.... so I gapped the top one to a tight 18 and the bottom to a loose 18... not much else I coulda done.




Plastigauged the crank journals, got .015" clearance in all 5 journals.

Put the rings on, and sent them home....


And this is where I stand now. I'll probably close up the crank bridge tomorrow and then clean up some of the other parts and get them ready while I wait for more stuff to come back from different places.


Modified by Boilermaker1 at 7:29 PM 5/4/2007

 

I predict leaking seals in 3k

 

looks good man..

why do you predict that?

 

cause there hating.............

 

looks great

 

looks like you have some ways to go. are u going to get a block guard? and i wouldnt use honda gaskets unless your going n/a. but anways it looks great! i like the stripe paint job 2.

 

nice work boiler. props on actually building it yourself... although the valve cover doesnt really do it for me

 

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Your reasoning being what, exactly?

Don't post stupidly, just because you can't do anything without asking 10 times.

 

You're running Crower's stage 2 cam I assume?

 

looks good boiler!! but damn in the bedroom? bedrooms are for making babies...

 

And maybe that engine is his baby.

 

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Its not in my bedroom... its in my closet
More progress....
Rods in


Crank Bridge on...


Pumps on...

 

My Girlfriend would kill me if i tryed to do this in my room.....what paint are you using?

 

Its duplicolor engine enamel.

 

how are you going to get that out of your apt? i hope you live in the first level, lol.

 

I live on the 6th floor. Its coming out the same way it went in.... on a cart. It might weigh 150 lbs assembled. Nothing 2 people cant lift up and set down.

 

reason i'm asking is when we were unloading my d17a2 from my truck me and vinh tried to set it down between the both of us, it was too heavy and pretty much slammed down and smooshed the box that was under it. i guess having the tranny still on it didn't help much.



good luck on your build though, looks like a killer. i saw your car yesterday, i took some pics of it, i'll post them for you tonight when i get home .

 

man thats cool how u guys know each other irl i want someone from h-tech who isnt stupid to be in Austin &gt;.&lt;

Btw boilermaker1 props on what your doing.

 

metro area guys FTW

 

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hmm pretty nice... mad props! i like that valve cover paint job... i was thinkin of just paintin mine for the hell of it but idk if its worth it cuz im gettin rid of my car anyways

 

damn, looking good. Its giving me the bug, its been a while since I've had that kind of fun. I've gotten to build up a d15b7, d16y8, b18a1, b18c1 and a Jaguar 5.3L V12... LOTS of fun when you get to do it like that.

 

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good luck on your build though, looks like a killer. i saw your car yesterday, i took some pics of it, i'll post them for you tonight when i get home .</TD></TR></TABLE>

That motor is a bit more complete than mine. I didnt have a trans, accessories or manifolds, which drops the weight a bit. Now, I'm not a small guy, but me and a pretty whimpy friend picked it up. The crank... might weigh more than the block.

 

yeah, i guess. well here's your car:

 

Are those 16" or 17" wheels, and do you have a side view shot? I &lt;3 RPF1's