Here is something you don't see every day

I am pretty sure I remember spoon selling these back in the day (they were rare because they didn't have serial #'s since spoon got them directly from Honda)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=180398934045

 

They still sell them. What I wouldn't give to put a 1.8l spoon crate motor with all the other Spoon bling in a crx...

http://www.inlinefour.com/spoonbserena.html

 

yah for 6500, i agree

2900 shipped for a longblock isn't that bad, esp cause it comes with an ECU. Fairly decent deal.

 

How could you know if it's legit?

 

Good question...receipts? Still, no serial number/VIN. Anyone have experience with them able to answer this?

 

+2

 

The motor on the bay could be a spoon motor. the seller admits it "could" be as it does not have a serial.
here is a pic of a real spoon motor. They do not have serials on the block, it simply says B18C.
How do I know? this is my spoon motor still sitting in the crate. maybe I will install it some day. It has been aging since 2002.

 

Seriously? I'd be surprised if the pistons weren't seized to the cylinder walls.

 

really? and what would cause that on a zero mile motor with assembly lube in a climate controlled environment Mr. Spock?

 

On a fresh motor, just sitting it is recommended to turn the crank over by hand every so often...

 

wish i had the moeny right now to buy one =(

 

And I do, and I get to look at it once a month. its so shiny...

 

But...seven years?

Edit: More than any of that, why have you not used it in that time period? Just curious.

 

Long story short, bought it when I had my 2000R, was getting the BS runaround about high oil usage from acura. I lived with the oil usage as it seemed pretty normal for all the R's out there at the time. Bought the 98R about three years ago, sold the 2000R about 1.5 years ago. been driving the 98 for a while, oil usage pretty high there also, but never want to spend the whole day it will take to do the swap
To be honest, that is a good question. Maybe I am lazy. maybe in the back of my mind I like the fact that if I have a catastrophic failure, I have a brand new motor I can install. Maybe I am an Idiot.
Take your pick.
But it is really fun to look at once a month. It really is shiny.

 

Lol that's funny! I actually laughed out loud. Cheers to you!

 

honestly i dont find that too odd. it bothers me that people do that to there ITR's as a whole car more...

 

nice

 

the people selling it are awesome to work with they are close to me (albany,ny) like a hour and a half away. i bought a ton of type r parts form them. last time i was there they had 5 type r swaps in there warehouse

 

sorry but for that 6,370 that Inline Four charges for a Spoon crate motor, it is much more cost effective to rebuild a stock motor with top notch parts, slap on a turbo with a good tune, and make serious power instead of having, what i consider, a little beefed up almost stock b18c that happens to be balanced by spoon...

You pay for the name, and in some cases, it is not worth it...

its like k swapped cars, why spend about 8k for a K20 and still get the doors blown off by a built gsr swapped civic.

Its a very good, and brand new looking motor, and for those Spoon ******, this is the cream of the crop...just not for me. I just cant justify it.

btw...it is really shiny tho lol

 

wow id love to have a spoon motor laying around! guess ill just have to put my spoon rods and pistons in my gsr block

 

When i bought my Spoon track motor it came with a "Spoone Certified Plaque" that you could rivet onto the car. It was also only stamped B18C. I'll get a picture of it later.

 

OOOOOO shiny

 

You should save that picture and look at it once a month.

 

LOL... I love the "spoon balanced" comments in this thread.

All spoon does is buy masses of STOCK PISTONS and then matches up the closest weight sets. All they are is matches STOCK PISTON sets... that's it. And spending all that money for it? Retarded if you ask me.

 

This is completely accurate. My suggestion would be to buy a set from Matt at ICB Motorsports. They balance the OEM JDM ITR pistons in the same fashion Spoon does...at no extra charge.

Spending $6730 on a Spoon block...............