I hear honing the cylinders in an H22A is different than anything else and that it is not recommended. Anyone tell me?

All I wanna do is replace the rings on the stock pistons. NO I DO NOT WANT TO BUILD THE MOTOR WITH AFTERMARKET PARTS. I am on a limited budget and I will be using the stock internal parts that I already have.

Thanks!

 

Its because they have FRM (fiber reinforced)cyl walls . You can hone them without a problem. Just dont use forged pistons with them which your not so your fine..

 

To hone FRM liners, perform the following:
· Use a rigid hone (not a ball hone) with GC-600-J or finer stones for nonferrous
metals. The honing pressure should be 200-300 kPa (2-3 kg-cm2, 29-43 psi).
· Use an oil type honing oil.
· Hone at 45-50 rpm to a 60 degree-crosshatch pattern.
· Do not stroke the hone more than 20 cycles.
· After honing, thoroughly clean the engine block of all metal particles by
washing with hot soapy water, then dry and oil them immediately. Never use
solvent; it will only redistribute the grit.
· Some light vertical scoring and scratching is acceptable if it isn’t deep enough
to catch your fingernail, and doesn’t run the full length of the bore. (rm,sn)

 

Sweet - that's what I thought - thanks guys!!

 

unless you need to overbore use a dingle hone and just hit it up quickly.

 

I hope not to overbore amd I say that only because a valve broke off in the cylinder and scraped the inside of the bore, but it doesn't seem to be gouged enough to catch my fingernail on it. If I have to overbore, I assume that will suck only because I will have to spend extra money I don't have to buy oversized pistons.

 

then make sure your bore isnt oblong or tapered and a dingle hone will be more than OK to use. some machine shops just do "deglazing" with a dingle hone but they'll charge you more than it would be to buy the hone and do it yourself. but im the DIY type so it might not be your thing.