I recently did this to my poor civic. thought shed make it a few miles down the road.
What my questions are.
1.Can I easily tear down the engine and rebuild it with new rods pistons block and head maybe all from a a2 and use the a1 bottom end?
2. Would it be easier and more cost effective to just rip out the a1 and put in a a2 complete.
What im worried about is the engine being off balanced buy these parts.

 

another motor from the junk yard is $350 to 500. It would be more than that to machine and rebuild the old one.

 

These Aholes around here want 1200-750.
ive been so careful with oil changes and PM stuff and i dont spin the turd all the way up.
could seafoam have caused it to over compress number one?


Modified by Kongo69 at 5:54 PM 6/18/2008

 

Who knows what caused it. I don't use additives, I don't even use synthetic oil. No point. A lean condition from boost will do it every time. Check out http://www.car-part.com there are d17 motors a dime a dozen everywhere. [freak] 1k for that.

 

im not over simplifying what i think it takes to change these out right i mean its pretty straight forward.

 

Change what out? The internals? There are tools you need and things you have to do. It isn't a simple 3 hour job.

 

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If you're referring to the swap, its pretty straight forward. Drain and undo everything, then reverse. Thats oversimplified, but its just nuts, bolts, hoses and the wire harness.

 

you spun a bearing rod through the block? what on earth does that mean? You spun a rod bearing, a crank bearing or literally launched a rod through the block as a result of a spun bearing that seized?
either way, i bought a d17a1 in PA for $350 picked up from a junk yard with 16k miles (certified). like andy stated.. http://www.car-part.com is your best bet.

 

literally launched a rod through the block as a result of a spun bearing that seized.
It started knocking and i didnt drive it for a few days and it had to be moved Asap due to a crazy bitch throwing stuff off my deck.
drove it for a few mins at 55mph, and she the "D17" just said clunk clunk.
buddy said he saw some parts come out the botttom behind me. from what ive removed so far i can see a hole in the block on the fire wall side. number one pistion, with a little metal id tag folded out.

 

then the best thing to do is get a new motor. When i was shopping around, the best deals i came accross were in PA.