Well, sort of...
Got tired of waiting for parts to build the drag motor for the Civic. And I was bored. And it's been too long since I have had an engine apart (at least 5 months!).
So here she is prior to the debauchery:


Here is the poor thing with no drivetrain :



The car rides a little higher in the front after the radical diet plan:



The missing drivetrain:



Goodies going into the engine to make it all worthwhile (thanks to TodaSI)



More pics and dyno sheets to follow in the coming weeks.





Modified by b19coupe at 7:27 PM 4/22/2004

 

nice

 

too much time you have on your hands there

 

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FYI

Drivetrain
The combination of mechanisms connecting the engine to the driven wheels, typically the transmission, driveshaft, and differential in a rear wheel driven vehicle.

Powertrain
A name applied to the group of components used to transmit engine power to the driving wheels. It can consist of engine, clutch, transmission, universal joints, drive shaft, differential gear, and axle shafts. Powertrain components are matched according to driver needs such as high torque, fuel economy, or convenience.

Your powertrain fell out


Modified by markpaco at 3:08 PM 4/19/2004

 

Drivetrain(power..) my ***! Haha I want to do that just to get used to taking it in and outz0rs.

 

You crazy foolio

 

Got the block back today from Benson's. Dan Benson does quality work.



Close up of the cylinder work:



Had a set of main bearings laying around for another motor that I am working on, so I got out the plastigage and installed the bearings. Looked at where they were, shuffled a couple and measured again, and they were perfect! Off to work tomorrow to pick up a set of rod bearings so the bottom end can be finished this weekend.

 

I love brand new Toda pistons.

Have fun breaking it in - that's the worst part

 

and why is that?

 

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The wait

 

 

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you mean all of like 20 miles,

 

It's back





Black valve cover is temporary. Dyno in a few weeks, after the motor has been broken in.

 

Nice ish bro. Wanna see those dyno numbers!!

 

Why the choice in AEM CAI? And whats with the short cut part?

 

Is your work hiring?

Seeing how you are getting tired of building your civic and now you need to throw money at your ITR, i need your job, haha

Good stuff, cant wait to see dyno results from both of your motors

 

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I cut the AEM CAI and use a rubber joint to attach another intake. Car came with the CAI, I think that I will eventually try out the Mugen intake, when there is some extra money available.

This was supposed to be a quick budget build (I already had the pistons)






Modified by b19coupe at 10:24 PM 5/4/2004

 

Lookin good.

 

Wow, just found this post. Looking good, hope you like the pistons....

Can't wait for the dyno!!!

Drop me an IM when you get it tuned

 

So far so good. About 120 miles on the motor so far. I dropped a set of Toda 'C' cams in the motor too. I was going to run on the Skunk 2 Stage 2 cams and get a direct comparison before and after the piston install, but I could not resist the Toda cams. It took quite a bit of tuning to get the idle right. The car idled fine on the existing program with the Skunk cams, but died with the Toda's. Had to play with the throttle stop and TPS settings, and then play with A/F ratios and IAC duty cycles to get her to idle like stock again.
BTW Chad- the rods had to be machined to run the full floating Toda wristpins, which I did not realize until I went to put the pistons on the rods


Modified by b19coupe at 11:19 PM 5/9/2004

 

edit: im alittle confused, did you have the stock itr block sleeved? then dropped in the (84mm?) toda pistons and C's?

 

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Stock ITR block was bored to 81.5mm to accomodate the 81.5mm Toda pistons. I had the Skunk and Toda cams in my hand, and could not resist putting in the Toda cams. I have 'D's in my Civic, and the mid-range is unreal. I was going to put the stock head back on with just a valve job and light resurface, but it was not ready. So I put on a head that I had laying around ported by Portflow. Technical info about the pistons here:
http://www.todaracing.com/prod....html