Its finally done...after 6 days of rebuilding and insatlling, the bad boy runs!
It started right up..cranked over about 3 times and fired right up.

Everything seems good, the oil pressure when I first fired it up was only around 40 PSI which concerned me, but then shot up to 80 PSI after about 1 minute.
I kept the engine around 2500 for 15 or so minutes and then went for a drive.
Oil pressure at idle is 20 PSI and at 3000 RPMs its a tad below 70 PSI (~68-69).

Now for the fun 1000 mile break in! Man it sucks...but gotta do it.

 

 

what were you wearing when you turned the key over for the first time?

i kno i stole it from dan but o well

 

Congrats man!

Go drinks some 's to celebrate now But don't drive after drinking them..

 

super! super! glad that ur project is done! just follow the proper break-in procedure (i know it's hard -- i've been there too) and it'll just be FUN all the way after that.


lates.

 

awesome.

u wanna drop my B16 in the crx for me? I'm lazy.

 

 

Congrats man, I should be joining you with a 1000 break in by the end of this week. Then comes the dyno.

 

Go for a road trip on back roads man. If you picked a location 500 miles or so away you could drive there one day, spend the night at some cheep hotel, then drive back the next.

Im going to go crazy not being able to feel all the new power when I rebuild my motor somday!

 

Congratulations man!

I know you're breaking it in, let us know how the car drives anyway


[Modified by Lyonel, 8:30 AM 12/4/2001]

 

Congrats. What parts did the build up consist of?

 

Congratulations! Don't worry about the break-in, it'll be over before you know it.
Also, I don't think a little funny behavior from the car is abnormal during break-in. You know, a little oil consumption, etc., etc. Can't wait to get some numbers on it tho!

 

SUUUUUUUWEEEEEEEET! you lucky bastid! great work, and its so cool to hear updates from someone that is doing the work themselves! so nice for a change.

best of luck!

 

<<<Applauds. Good job man, as much as that break in peroid sucks, it's best for the long run.

 

Hey Hx_Guy,

Congrats! Let us know when you've dynoed that baby!
As for mine, I won't be able to run it in this year as the snow is coming. It'll be off for the winter.

 

Hey thanks everyone!

To answer a couple questions, the car feels good so far. I can only rev it to around 3000 RPMs for the first 200 miles so I cant really get much feel for it...Im going to try and do the break-in in about a 2 week period.

As for the parts, I got:

84.5mm Endyn 11.4:1 pistons
Eagle rods
GSR crank girdle
All new gaskets and bearings
New oil pump

 

and for the hard work.

Tom

 

Congratulations, nice work

 

good job

now come and do some stuff to my car

 

How far are you going to rev that beast once its broke in?

 

My revlimit is 8500, but since my power peaks at 7400 (at least thats where it used to peak) there no goo dreason to take it past 7900-8000.

 

what ecu are you runing?

Did you take any pics of the build up?

 

Im running a stock program LS ECU with a higher redline.

I didnt take any pictures of the actual rebuild, just some of parts and the block at my work. Didnt have a digital camera at home.

 

think ya could post those few pics you did take?

 

Already did in my posts from the last week or so...do a search for my user name and Im sure youll find them