I am finishing the b20 vtec swap and my motor doesnt clear, I dont have the 600 right now for a Sir Hood so anyone out there know what i can use for a spacer besides washers? I know they sell the kits but i need a remedy asap because my car is leaving the shop in like 2 days, and also what size bolt and theads?? Please Help my car has been in the shop for almost a month!! thanks!

 

I've seen some people just cut out some of the under hood bracing to clear the motor on that side.

 

just cut some tubing the size you need and get longer 6mm x 1.0 bolts

 

Do you know the length of the tubing?? Like the normal width from the ones you can buy online? Should I use something stronger like a bolt instead of the rubber?

 

you could probably find some energy suspension bushings that would fit and look nice as a spacer

 

do you think those are too soft when you tighten down to bolts? maybe some washers on each side?

 

yeah a washer on each side should work well, as long as you tighten them good, shouldnt have any problem, looks way better then stacked washers in my opinion

 

you could take the bracing off the hood and get another inch or so clearance

 

im not trying to do that much, i figure im just going to find a space thats about a half in thick and use those 6 x 1.00 bolts

 

on my b20/vtec I had to cut the webbing out and space my hood. I used nylon spacer that I found from Home Depot

 

the hood bolts are 10mm coarse thread and you can use 3/4 inch poly urethane washers from like a hardware store..


Modified by killa_bee07 at 12:56 AM 8/19/2008

 

my b20vtec clears in my sedan. but i spaced it with the spacer/washer/bushing (all in one) from the **** that holds the intake boxto the chassis in the 90-91 civic/crx (its bigger/taller than the 88-89s) works fine clears fine. went to the junkyard and pulled a whole bunch of them. 2 on each side.

 

what did you use for the bushing and where did you get it? and how much?

 

go to lowes, get nylon spacers they come in all different thicknesses. get longer bolts and put lock washers on them.

 

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they are not 10mm. bolts are measured by the thread not the size wrench to put them on. they are a 6mm x 1.0 as stated earlier by me, by tubing I was referring to is some steel tubing. get a 1/2 steel pipe and cut each side to the desired height fine tune it with some washers. measure your old bolts. now just add the length of the piece you just cut to the length of the old bolt get the new bolt in the proper length, how hard is it geez

 

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they are not 10mm. bolts are measured by the thread not the size wrench to put on them </TD></TR></TABLE>

haha,almost sig worthy