basically.. i found a chipped piston in my block today, so.... i think i found a freshly machines OEM block and pistons. Im wondering if i can just swap over my crank and reuse all the bearings and ARP bolts.

I had a built motor with crower rods and JE pistons, i used honda greens for my rod bearings.

I know there is the code on the crank shaft to match up with the oem rods... for the correct main bearing sizes, but if im using a crank out of my 1998 B18c1 motor into another B18c1 motor will the codes still work?

Can i install the crank and rods with all the oem honda bearings out of my current motor and plastigauge it all and to see if it falls within range or at least use those results to figure out which new bearings ill need?

 

match the codes on the new block, and on your crank. that will tell you the new bearing codes. mic. and plastigauge to make sure they are right.

 

yep!