okay well im kinda new at building motors so i need a little help. i took off a b18b head from the short block n was wondering is their any special way to reassemble it to the short block. any advice would help thanks.

hopefully the cars finished so i can have my our build thread too. lol

 

manke sure you remove ALL of the old head gasket material and then put on your new head gasket. when bolting the head up start with the middle 2 bolts and go in this pattern.

make sure you use the correct torque sequence.

9 3 1 5 7
8 6 2 4 10

then make sure you use the correct torque specs

1st step: (bolts 1-10) 14ft/lbs
2nd step: (bolts 1-10) 36ft/lbs
3rd step (bolts 1-10) 49ft/lbs
4th step (bolts 1-2) 49ft/lbs

 

cool thanks, but im confused a little about the 4 steps, do i go throught all the bolts 3 times, right.

 

yes

 

last time I checked the sequence went like this:

. 9 5 1 3 7
10 6 2 4 8

This came out of a Honda service manual.

 

here you go

 

alright cool. thanks both of u guys have been a great help. now to work on my project 2morrow.

 

I didn't think 49ft/lbs was the correct torque spec for the head bolts.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by akandok &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">last time I checked the sequence went like this:

. 9 5 1 3 7
10 6 2 4 8

This came out of a Honda service manual.</TD></TR></TABLE>

it doesn't matter as long as you start in the middle and work your way out. different manuals will tell you different ways. that is just the way i always torqued my head down and never had any problems. but thanks for the input.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Redline130 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I didn't think 49ft/lbs was the correct torque spec for the head bolts.</TD></TR></TABLE>

you might be right i think 49 is for d series and 63 for b series. sorry about that.

 

i just confirmed it is 49 for d series and 63 for b series. thanks for catching it.