I have recently bought a 1992 Acura Integra and I have plans to boost it. I have a semi-low budget for turbo and internals. I bought the car for 200 and I just want to have a fun ride for track days and a daily driver.

My plans are to rebuild engine at home and do home port, polish, hone, and valve job. I was wondering if anyone has any experience doing a valve job on these heads or do I need to send it off, has 3 cracked valves 2 intake and 1 exhaust.

Right now I have plans on:
Nippon b18 81mm turbo pistons
Godspeed H beam rods
Honda OEM bearings main/rod
ARP Head Studs
New OEM oil pump
Ebay Turbo kit for first couple months (Speed Daddy)(balanced and break in for 2 weeks low boost)
Hondata s300
Half Rad
Full Catback exhaust
High flow/High pressure fuel pump
1000cc Injectors
Stage 3 clutch
Oil filter relocation/Oil cooler
Front Mount intercooler
3'' intercooler piping

Transmission Synchros*
Balanced Crankshaft*
Cams (don't know yet)*
Possible Methanal injection*(just for track days)

Got my ideas from Justin Sane on youtube-

I want my build to be on the cheaper end so I am going to do as much (machine) work at home without sending to machine shop.
Is it necessary to get the crank balance and block line honed or should I be good?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Not too concerned about time right now, I have two vehicles so I don't mind taking my time with the build to save hundreds at the machine shop.

 

Cheap and fast won't be reliable etc... I'm confused you're willing to spend good money on a s300 but want a pos turbo "kit" that will fail in no time. along with you're willing to spend money on MI(meth injection) and carbon synchro's and a balanced rotating assembly. Do me a favor and if you do want to get a "kit" at least get one from these guys it's a fair bit better still wouldn't run it my self but better then cheap china stuff. http://www.go-autoworks-store.com/gocotuki.html

 

I was only planning to use the cheap kit for a month or two at the most until I can afford something that will be good. I'm in high school with a part time job, only making about $200 every 2 weeks. I was planning on using this turbo just to get all the tuning done with and possibly resale after done.

 

I know your struggle Bro...

 

Then why waste the time swapping out turbos, risking blowing you're motor, etc? **** dude, if you just wait LITERALLY another month and a half, without buying a POS kit, you could have a quality kit that will serve you long and hard, like a dick.

just don't do that "buy cheap now, expensive later" routine. Ive seen so many ricers go down that path.

 

Would it be a bad idea to run the engine with low compression? I know loss in horsepower but if I build the engine and just bolt on turbo when I can purchase it

 

It is not, in fact it is a good idea build engine for boost run it like that until you can you can afford a good turbo/kit.

As much as no one here wants a cheap eBay turbo, there is no market for a used cheap eBay turbo, so if you go that route, your going to be stuck with a used POS that no one wants, so just a waste of $$$$, much better to save that money and use it towards a better turbo/kit. 94

 

Thanks! I wasn't for sure if I would risk damaging any thing. Do you have any suggestions on what kit or turbo to get 50/57trim min.?

Also does anyone know where to get valve cover studs/nuts?
I also need a bolt that holds the camshaft seal in... not sure what the technical term is. I was being to lazy to get my torque wrench out and broke a stud and the bolt when replacing gaskets.

 

http://www.acuraautomotiveparts.org/...ystemcomp=List All&vinnoT=&trim=&trans=&view=normal

http://www.acuraautomotiveparts.org/...ystemcomp=List All&vinnoT=&trim=&trans=&view=normal

The above is for a 92RS, you did not say what trim level yours is.

This is the GS-R...

http://www.acuraautomotiveparts.org/...ystemcomp=List All&vinnoT=&trim=&trans=&view=normal

http://www.acuraautomotiveparts.org/...ystemcomp=List All&vinnoT=&trim=&trans=&view=normal 94

 

Thanks OP for acknowledging my post.

 

What did I tell you about coming into the integra section....

 

Thank you for these links. And its a da9, I dont know the trim I think it is a GS but not sure

 

I used a 2 8m set screw 45 thread count and a 2 button cap and got those for only $.75. I like the way they bigger button cap looks I think I might do all of them with the set screws