reason for this thread : For those who plan to do their first short block rebuild such as myself , please don't make the mistake I made and over look ARP rod bolts with the proper torquing procedure. Spend that extra 400 dollars to balance the motor , don't be a dumbass like myself ...

- went to the garage to loosen the rod bolts , I noticed they were barely hand tight.
- rod bolts were stock oem with 200k on them.
- was told by more then a few people to go with ARP
- I didn't do my research therefore I lost a good 1500 dollars...

hard lesson learned.. Although the oil pump can still be the culprit for all of this perhaps the ctr pulley induced the loosening of the rod bolts in regards of lacking a dampener and causing vibrations through the block. 11 thousand miles were on the block.

Pt. 1 engine photos. https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=2119504

<FONT SIZE="3">Thanks again to everyone who contributed some valuable information on how to build a motor " right ". Much Appreciated ..</FONT>











Modified by Reza^ at 2:40 AM 10/11/2007

 

Beautiful yet tragic. Good luck with your next (re)build.

 

wow man that sucks good luck on the build ill be watching it, cause im starting mine soon

 

Good to see you didnt give up on her Reza. I know you love it way too much just to give up like that.

Makes me sad to see the beast like this, to think I was just in there a couple of weeks ago enjoying the sweet sound of your motor. Damn!

Are your pm's disabled? Ive sent you a couple and Im not sure if they went through. Holla back!

 

just curious... are you saying this is cause by the ctr pulley?? i dont see how the pulley alone would cause rod bolts to losten...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B16B_coupe &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">just curious... are you saying this is cause by the ctr pulley?? i dont see how the pulley alone would cause rod bolts to losten...</TD></TR></TABLE>

Do some research on the CTR crank pulley. I've heard it isn't the greatest thing to use, but people still buy it. I haven't read much about it myself, but I have heard bad things about it.

to Reza for getting his hands dirty.

 

Ew

Live and learn

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nerdsports &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Do some research on the CTR crank pulley. I've heard it isn't the greatest thing to use, but people still buy it. I haven't read much about it myself, but I have heard bad things about it.

to Reza for getting his hands dirty. </TD></TR></TABLE>

i have done some reasearch.... but to me it looks like factory rod bolts stretched.... i dont see the ctr pulley causing that...

 

time for an erl bottom end

 

dam reza thats sad but hey you live and you learn right?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B16B_coupe &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

i have done some reasearch.... but to me it looks like factory rod bolts stretched.... i dont see the ctr pulley causing that... </TD></TR></TABLE>

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Type Zero &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Holy catastrophic!
Is that a B18? I've read that CTR N1 pulley is not meant to be for the B18. It doesn't balance and would create some kind of harmonic motion in the crank when it spins at high rpm, and kill the bearings.

Not saying the pulley is the culprit, but I would bet that it helped contribute to the problem.</TD></TR></TABLE>

makes sense to me..

It is a " ctr " pulley , 1.6...

 

Thanks for the tip, Reza. I'm going to rebuild and reboost, so this is a very good thing to know.

 

good idea Reza.... you still gonna go with TODA parts on the rebuild?

 

i had the same thing happen to me. except the rod shot out of the block

 

your car is one of my favs. some peopleI know that has used stock has had the same prob with them backing out. I honestly wouldn't trust anything in my engine hand tight. I would personally recommend going with arp rod bolts. Then again your stock ones had 200k on them so that have been the issue. I know several people who used stock ones and have had good luck with them.


Modified by RonRon at 5:22 PM 10/11/2007

 

you take awesome pics.

good luck with the rebuild y0

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B16B_coupe &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">just curious... are you saying this is cause by the ctr pulley?? i dont see how the pulley alone would cause rod bolts to losten...</TD></TR></TABLE>
um if u followed up on his first thread you will see that he says that the ctr crank pulley could be the reasoning of oil pump strain therefore leading to oil pump failure. he never stated that it had anything to do with the rod bolts.

 

you gonna get the next bottom end sleaved also?

 

that sucks!

are u gonna swich it up with hi-comp pistons?

ARP

 

Holy **** Reza! You fucked that **** up!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by slaberdy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
um if u followed up on his first thread you will see that he says that the ctr crank pulley could be the reasoning of oil pump strain therefore leading to oil pump failure. he never stated that it had anything to do with the rod bolts. </TD></TR></TABLE>

are you an idiot'??? i said that in is last thread... i bet the rod bolts stretched.. measure them..

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nerdsports &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Do some research on the CTR crank pulley. I've heard it isn't the greatest thing to use, but people still buy it. I haven't read much about it myself, but I have heard bad things about it.

to Reza for getting his hands dirty. </TD></TR></TABLE>
Do they make any crank pulley dampers for B series?
I know they make one for the K...ATI I think the brand is?
I forget...though it's probably something I need as well since I've done 6 events this year...
and would be going to more if money weren't an issue lol.

I stlil have 2 mroe planned in Nov. and DEc. haha

 

thats never a good thing. good luck with the rebuild reza.

 

Goodluck Reza.

 

wow... good luck with the re-build.