I'm looking at buying a built gsr motor, but apparently it doesn't have cam caps. If I purchase new cam caps or use some from another engine will I need to have the cam journals line bored with the new caps? Any thoughts/ help is greatly appreciated.

 

Yes.

 

it's a paper weight. Don't buy it. If you get some other caps, they'll just line up to one side or the other. So, if you try to line hone, you'll probably have to go larger than the factory specs allow to get a even hole. It's not worth the trouble and probably won't work anyway. I'm a core engine wholesaler and I sell to Larry at Endyn. He wouldn't take a b-series vtec head if it doesn't have the original caps even if I sold it to him for $50. That should tell you something

 

are you talking about cam caps or are you talking about the cam covers? if you talking about these witch I think you are you can just bolt them on and go. but like the other said if you have to get the actual cam caps its not worth it.

 

^^^^those are called cam rails. The caps are what's underneath them and hold the cams down (for anyone that wasn't sure).

 

yup I knew what they were I just forgot what to call them haha

 

Yea its not the covers. Its the cam caps. So it wouldn't be worth it to get the motor?

 

Thanks everyone for the quick replies. The info is helpful.

 

You could still use the block if it is built and find another head.

 

have a nice day

 

Im not tring to be rude but wtf are cam bearing caps?? there are no cam bearings in a honda head?

 

have a nice day

 

yup

 

ok