Hi folks, I've been a Civic guy for about 20 years, and I'm delving into a bottom end rebuild on my wife's stock 97 Accord LX. It has the F22B2 non-VTEC engine. My question is, for a stock rebuild, where are some good places to look for components? Is there some place that sells a kit that is worth buying, that has bearings, rings, pistons, wrist pins, thrust washers, etc., or is Honda OEM really the way to go? This is a daily driver, so I'm not looking to do H-beam rods or forged pistons, and I'm not looking to do a swap...I'm already deep into this thing financially, so I might as well see it through. My local machine shop said they do not do assembly, so I'm guessing they will not source the parts for me. I appreciate any input.

 

picked up the cheapest thing i could find on amazon when rebuilding my D16. I think it was Evergreen brand... all overseas stuff. I've since put about 90k hard miles on it. only issues being a few seals (cam seal and valve cover gasket) hardening up and leaking after about 75k. Rockauto has decent kits as well. we used one for a stock rebuild for my brother's civic. he hasn't done nearly the same mileage as me but has had no issues either.

most important part will come down to the care taken during assembly. it would be worthwhile to get a factory service manual if you don't have one already.

 

I ended up going with Evergreen. We'll see how it does.