Alright, im on vaca and me and my buddy cleaned the block today....one thing down on the list, it came out pretty good we didnt spend much time on the back part ill finish it when it goes in the car.

this thing had an inch of grease on it b4 this. i used gas and tooth brushes.

 

should use something alittle more friendly for the environment... simple green purple power perhaps..

clean those pistons while your at it tooo.. yuck

 

Dude! What happen to your pressure plate? Looks bad.

 

looks good

 

Dirty dirty

 

Your supposed to take the carbon off the top of the pistons?

yeah the plate got hit with some chunks off my gsr trans. not good, but still performs fine

I'll finish it in spring, but there was so much gunk on it i wish i took a pic of it before..

I think im powdercoating my fat 5's white, calipers black, and vc white or black im leaning white because 50% of civics are black, and id like to powdercoat the alt. bracket and some more little stuff black so it doesnt look crappy.

only thing is i'm not sure how white rims will look on a red car?

 

you dont have to clean them... When you get too much build up you can potentially get valve tap... plus alot of that **** can do some damage over time

 

how does one clean the tops of pistons safely without fluid and such going into the cylinder walls.

 

I use a little bit of motor oil and a rag.. Never had anything ruin my cylinder walls... As you wont be touching them anyway..

 

Who cares if the degreaser hits the cylinder walls? You will be cleaning the rings while your at it also.. Once its all cleaned use brakeclean to get around the piston, and then use compressed air until no more carbon is coming out from around them, then lower the piston, and pour in some oil and rock the crank back and forth a few times to re-coat the rings and walls, then let it sit. I've done this on several motors and all it has done is good.

I'd change the oil before running the motor again afterwards also.

 

Don't clean the carbon off the piston tops, that **** builds compression yo! Haha!

 

++1111 for carbon building compression. That and jb welding coins to your piston tops.
But seriously, please buy a rear main seal.