new block for 2003
will be in the car this weekend






10.2:1 comp arias pistons





secret rods


secret rods see the arp bolts



love them nascar sleeve


the secret rods



h23a1

 

Beautiful man.
I would LOVE to build my H23 motor for boost but the total cost for building the motor PLUS the turbo is just to much.
Good luck with it.

How far away are you from MD?? I would LOVE to see that setup.

 

So, Is that your old h23, or did you get a new one, If its a new one, How much do you wanna sell the old one for?

 

Looks good, I am gonna paint my block black, so its cool to see one that is. Sounds like a good setup. Have fun with it.

 

heres a pic of the old block with 9:1 je pistons but am keeping it later on am going to bulid a drag car with a 91 hb civic i got am cutting up now but am going with a h22 head in that car but no time soon
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the difference between a long-block and a short block is that short block doesnt include the head and the long block does, right?

 

i wish i had enough money for that. looks good

 

that is correct... there's 3 common terms that have been used for decades:

shortblock: bottom end, loaded.
longblock: bottom end and head, loaded.
turnkey: engine with all items needed to run installed.

 

all that and weak rods...

 

yea, the secrets not really a secret. they are just stock rods, maybe not h23 rods, but still stock.

 

man thats too nice a block to throw stock rods in, especially if your gonna boost on it. it would be very sad to see a rod punch out a window in that block. BTW is that an 89mm bore?

 

The rods are some what OEM but an aftermarket brand makes them

You know no one makes arp bolts for a h23 rod.

The shop that did them for me he test them with crower and eagle rods and put them in a machine to test how many lbs it will hold before snapping or bending them
crower came out on top and mine came 2nd eagle came last
mine bent way before snapping. Eagles don't bend they snap

But if you ever look rods dont bend much they only come apart at the bolts

Guy tells me that the rods are good up to about 550whp and if i snap one under that much power with out there being a reason why it did he will pay to fix every thing he will hold me to this for 1 year

 

OK know it all

STOCK VS MY RODS (there made by lunati v8 guy know this brand)

 

Let us know how those clevite bearings work out.Depending on how much my crank needs to be micro-polished and if my block needs to be line honed,i may have to get aftermarket bearings.