I am a noob to the forums and never built an engine . Can anyone give me some tips/advice. Don't know when I'm going to start, but I want to know as much as possible before I do.

 

Best advice I can give you; Research. The advanced search here, and Google, is the best thing you can use.
https://honda-tech.com/search.php

 

Thanks I'll be doing a lot of researching before I build.

 

Also. Find a guide with the pics still intact and follow it to the letter. DO NOT substitute out parts used in that guide or you will be so sorry and wonder where you went wrong.

People have done hundreds of these swaps successfully and the ones that always, ALWAYS, screw it up are the ones that try to cut corners. Don't be that guy.