well, after months of waiting, it finally got here today

 

its seems that they just cleaned your head

 

stainless steel nitrided valves
crower valve springs and reatiners
port and polish
bronze valve guides

and yes, everything was cleaned, better than my block looked when it got back, that's for sure

oy yeahm the intake valves are oversized too

 

They did a pretty nice job of the port and polish as far as I can tell. Who did it and how much?

 

KMS Engine Development in Covington GA. http://www.honda-performance.com

Stage 2 head job was like ~$750
and the valves were like ~$350

 

Boost, how much longer before your lude is all put together??
Your lude is gonna be mean..

 

hopin for ~2weeks.... FINALLY.. i'm gonna use the GReddy Blue Box and the supllied 370cc injectors for a few months until i can get to Greensboro to have the Hondata installed


also i have to wait to get it tuned b/c my Crower cams won't be ready till sometime in January

 

KMS

John is the nicest person I have ever talked to.

 

agreed, and the work is top notch, it took them a while to get my stuff done, much longer than expected, but that was b/c John his self wasn't please with the flow test, but he called me on a few occasions just to appologize for the delay.

 

yea... he is very customer oriented.

 

sam, when u boost ur car ur letting me drive it...

 

hey man, if you wanna get your *** on a plane....

 

looks good man

 

hmm what if i let you drive the heap? and you did get to drive the DSM a bit.

 

 

woo hoo

i can't wait, it won't be much longer now, the headstuds should be here by Friday, this mean that the engine, tranny, and what not will be together this weekend, and as soon as Viren gets me the intake manifold and the Hondata Gasket, i'll be set, as of right now, i have the goal for the engine to be in on Sunday Nov the 24, and rollin, custom FMIC pipng and all, by Nov 29th, exactly 2 years from the day i bought the car

 

damn that looks clean

 

Very nice, so you had KMS do your head and GE/Vs Racing do your block... Do you have a ballpark cost for just parts on the buildup including what you have already sent out and received.. I want to start putting together a X-mas list.

 

this pretty well covers the basics, there is a lot more in Honda parts, assembly lube, custom 2.5" downpipe, stainless oil feed/ oil return and fuel lines, and hours upon hours of work and fabrication, and trying to figure **** out in my head (you wouldn't believe how hard it is to get to sleep when you've got a good idea in your head)

JE pistons, $540
GE sleeves through VS Racing, finish bored and honed to match the pistons, $950
Eagle Rods, $350
KMS Stage 2 head job, $760
KMS Knife edge crankshaft, $360
Stainless steel nitrided valves from KMS, $350
Crower valve springs and titanium retainers, $750
Crower Cams (wont have them till January), $680
Moroso Oil Pan, $475
Moroso Oil pump pickup, $50
Quaife LSD, $800
DSS Stage 3 axles, $700 (i think)
GReddy Turbo kit, $2800
GReddy type 24 FMIC, $850

 

Good I see you went all out with your components. Sweet. What bore size are the pistons and I am guessing you went with a 9:1 CR??

 

Hey nice of you to tell your close friends about this, you know we've been waiting too.

 

well, when i ordered the pistons, i ordered 9:1 from JE, but when i got them, they had a dome, but it was a smaller dome than the OEM pistons, but even if the compression wasn't lowered much, that really won't be a problem

 

That is cool. What bore size?

 

If anyone needs a H23a head to send in for some headwork.. I got 2 for sale..

 

87.025, just factory overbore specs, i didn't want to go really drastic, i kinda wish i had done 88mm, but owell