So about a year ago I bought an lS block, an ITR head and an LS tranny,anticipating to put it in my hatch. Well its been a long road but last night finally made me happy.






My build started out as High compression, the block I had bought had JE 12.5-1 Compression pistons and shotpeened LS rods. Well I brought that to a machine shop to get it checked out and I was told I need to bore it .050 over... so that block was useless. I decided to try a different route and go b20 vtec, I brought that to a machine shop to have it checked out and they told me two of the headbolts were stripped and they wouldnt touch it since the threads started so deep in the block.so that block was out fo the question. I bought another bare LS block and it was solid, so I decided to go with that. But by now I had waited so long, I had changed my mind. NA is slow. so I bought eagles/Wisecos. Well I took it to the machine shop and they told me the crank was scarred. expletive. I went back to the old block hoping that crank was good. 10 months later my engine is finally in my car. After a long road of sourcing random nuts and bolts I have everything I need. I didn't sleep a wink last night, Goal is to get it started today.


Modified by efKART at 9:06 PM 5/27/2007

 

Damn man, you shoulda slapped a D in there and been done with it.

 

Its gonna be sweet....but

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Tippyman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Damn man, you shoulda slapped a D in there and been done with it. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I agree with Tippy

 

LS tranny? Have fun shifting out of vtec every gear lol.

You swapped a motor in with no IM, EM nor wiring harness? What a rough way of swapping a motor.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ludesrv &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">LS tranny? Have fun shifting out of vtec every gear lol.

You swapped a motor in with no IM, EM nor wiring harness? What a rough way of swapping a motor.</TD></TR></TABLE> Unless hes freakin G and just put it in there for the pic and/or he will lift the chassis way high to swap in the rest . Good build and gl

PS clean paint

 

yeah, its on a 2 post lift right now. I'm doing a full wire tuck so I needed to keep the wiring harness off to see where I need to extend/shorten wires.

 

Yeah, ls tranny isnt so hot for N/A, but it wont be for long. Got a GT3076R I bought a month ago, sitting here beggingto go on... ***** expensive tho. having a b16 tranny with boost sucks *****.

 

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Lol fa sho.

 

you think the paints clean, you should see the interior...
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1748598

 

good **** and good luck on getting it started

 

sounds nice, let us know how it turned out.

Oh yeah and dont forget to take pics.

 

OMG KICKASS HOW MUCH THAT COST YOU

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Tippyman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Damn man, you shoulda slapped a D in there and been done with it. </TD></TR></TABLE>

umm no, nice build up man, way to stay with it.

We need more pics of the swap please, thank you!!!

 

sorry, havent had a chance to post more pics yet of the actual swap. heres a few pics, but I will update actual swappics tomorrow.

*Edit:
Mod List:
B18A1
Eagle Rods
Wiseco Pistons
9.7:1 Compression
Eagle Rod Bolts
'96 ITR Head
GSR Cams
ARP Headstuds
100% OEM Honda Gaskets
GSR Oil Pump
B16 Water Pump
Skunk 2 Intake Manifold
Skunk 2 Big Bore 65mm Throttle body
Clutchmasters FX200 Clutch
Clutchmasters 9lb Aluminum Flywheel
'92 LS Tranny
Innovate Swap Mounts
Innovate Shift Linkage
Samco Radiator Hoses



Modified by efKART at 9:32 PM 5/27/2007

 

dealership ordered a single cam Vtec solenoid gasket. GRRRRR/

 

It's ******* fast!