Well guys, this winter break from college, my buds and i had a HUGE car install night. In total, this night took about 18 hours or so, nonstop. The night was 100% successful, with no problems after. What happened to the cars are as follows:

robbie, me (neo1z) - skunk2 cams, gears, valvesprings, and retainers
scott (slippyleskb) - put in his head unit in his NEW TOY, a gorgeous 93 civic cx.
dan (redstargsr) - put in his itr valvesprings and retainers, to compliment his new '01 itr cams in his 92 GSR
marshall (delslow94) - also installed skunk2 valvesprings and retainers to compliment his itr cams which, to update, are now successfully installed as well

also, i know i can speak for all of us when i give a huge THANK YOU to ben chang (IN VTEC) for his AMAZING support and help...here is the cliff notes of the story: i had made a post about the snap-on tool to do the valvespring install...didnt have one, didnt want to buy one. ben told me that he would SHIP me his tools so that i could use them, then i could ship them back. never met him before, he just trusted. then, after i sounded really dumb asking him like 3 hours worth of questions about the install, he said he would come down and help not just me, but all of my friends with our valvetrain installations. and that he did. he brought all of his tools, and taught us so much. he never asked for anything in return -- a truly amazing person damn, i mean he didnt even have time to install his vafc because he had to help us. ben, 12 for you. man if you ever need anything, youve got 6 friends in the nati who will drive up there and help --- anything, just ask us.

also, i want to say thanks to dan parsons (he has that 92 gs, who, within the next couple days, installed his crower cams and valvetrain), and rob rosenburg for helping out as well (3Down hatch).

anyway, as you guys were waiting for, here are the pics from the event... we began at 5:00pm on a sunday night, and we ended @ around 11:30 am or so the next day...it was a hardcore fun night with good buds working on cars.
it doesnt get any better


here is a picture of the garage - from left to right, my car, marshall's car, and dan's car. also, you guys can see marsh and scott looking cool, while ben does the work.


scott and marsh workin on marsh's valvesprings


workin on dan's car (dan is in the ugly jackety), rob's holdin the light, because he is funny, or something.


marshall learning how to use the snap on valvespring compressor, on my car...


the snapon tool is god.


tip: valve keepers suck. and the fall everywhere. to keep them in the retainer, put some vaseline in there --- its sticky, but petroleum based, so no problems


ben finishin up my car, dan and dan p. just starting his valvesprings...


everyone workin


ben's car (quick as hell), dont remember the mods too well, but im sure he'll be here eventually


here is rob's hatch and dan p's 92 gs (jdm one pieces...arrr) - thanks for the help guys




i suppose thats about it.
hopefully the guys will get on here and offer their comments about the night...but i just thought id share it with you guys, i like hearing stories about awesome car nights, so here is one. also, if anyone has any technical questions regarding valvespring or retainer install, ask any of us, we'll be happy to help, or try.

oh yes, and once again, thanks to ben


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good post there robbie. definately a good night full of learning and accomplishing. one thing is that if u set everything up correctly and make sure ur only messing with the crank you can do the valvesprings and retainers easily. just gotta know the feel that u will learn after about the first 4 valves. i will say tho i about had a heart attack when firing them up for the first time. i had a cylendar of un adjusted valves and i was gettin some tapping...but sure enough we got it fixed. good work fellas...thanks ben i might need to call upon you for a piston install.

 

here are a couple more:

cams, gears, scott...yea. he looks happy. he should be.


comparison of itr cams (dan is holding them) and the skunk2s in my ride


another snapon tool shot -- really complex tool, but i highly recommend getting one

 

yeah that snapon tool is cool, helped one of my friends remove valvetrain with that thing. The particular head we were working on was off the car, but we used this tool anyway. He would push down on the valve springs and retainers while I stuck my "magnet on a stick" in there to catch the keepers.

 

okay --- just for fun, here is updated pic of scotts car:

it needs to be lowered

here's mine:


marsh and dk, post yours.

 

that little magnet saved our lives so many times...we didnt have any extra keepers, so it was a life saver

 

here are some of mine.


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very nice

 

Dec 22nd -- 11:00AM .: Loaded up the junk in the trunk.


Patent pending. Could be a niche market.


Who's got the goods?


Pizza. Not the goods we were looking for.


Definitely not the goods.


The goods.


Stupid CKF sensor. Didn't like the degree wheel too much.




Using the proper marks to align things up properly.


Spare parts we didn't really need.


After a nap, drove to Indianapolis to pick up my Type RE's and stopped by C&R Racing just down the street from IIP (where I got my Tein's)...then back to Bloomington.

 

awesome post ben --- good pics...i hadnt seen those yet.

ahhhh the HID's...i was so hoping you would post those.
let me know when you put the tein's in!!

 

Apex'i VAFC manual:

CAUTION:
.Be sure to connect the brown and black wire of the V-AFC to a ground.

.Be sure to connect the brown wire CLOSER to the ECU than the black wire. Failure to do so MAY HIGHLY result in improper product operation and engine damage.

Make sure you check these...I'm soldering the V-AFC to the Field's harness right now and taking pics. I was reading over the V-AFC install instructions and came across this.


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Use a magnetic parts retriever to grap the keepers so that they dont fall.

 

Yea that Magnet on a stick is godly!!!! Well, just to let you guy's know, my stereo bumps!!! Oh well, too bad I couldn't have done something a tad more fun then just a Stereo install, like some Shocks and Springs. Oh well, it was an awesome night! I met some great guys and we should definately get back together some time and just chill (of course when my car is worthy). Oh well Have a great night

Scott

 

I wish I had friends like that... all my friends just make fun of me for how into cars I am.

Ben

 

Cool. Another Ben.

Hi Ben. I'm Ben.

Great....now I feel like a schizo talking to his reflection in the mirror.

 

Yes, that's quite enough of that double-Ben-talking. I've got a Winter Car Work Contribution

My Car


My Car W/O Front End


Ben

 

ditto.

 

nothin like a good ole wrench-a-thon. just as long as dick clarke isnt the host, we are all in good shape. that guy has to be about 200 years old.

 

scott the springs and shocks are soon...that and your B20!!
we really all do need to get back together --- hey, ben, we are going to do that dyno day on that one saturday that overlaps, right?

 

im going to check on that brown wire in front of the black one next weekend...thanks for the lookout ben

 

Really? All my friends, at least the ones I hang out w/ most, are all car freaks, too.

 

Nice pics guys...but that is some WIERD pizza :D

Goldfingiz

 

Pizza, dos good !

 

ahha...nice post guys!...you guys remind me of my friends, always working on cars!!...it sure beats being on the street though!

 

that's awesome. in vtec

we need some more local people here.