ok ok - i'm starting fresh , i have a b16a3 in there now and its on its 3rd headgasket after two trips to the machine shop , long story short

swapped , started , leaking coolant - head milled , back together

more antifreeze than before - back out comes engine , back to the machine shop

block milled, 3rd head gasket , drive for a week or so oil everywhere -

problem - shitty machine shop didnt mill something right

anyway back to the question , i'm starting over and can pick up a b16a1 long block for cheap and since its getting all redone is this block the same as an a2 or a3

or do i need to stay a2,a3 to not have mnt problems - thanks

jamie - who just wants to drive his car and stop tearing it apart

 

Block is the same, just swap everything over from your other block. BTW is that machince shop paying for it? If so take them to the cleaners and get a brand new shortblock from honda.

 

i should've known this backwoods ***** wouldnt even fess up to it , i'm just callin it a loss , i have another b16 block i'm going over this weekend and i just need to source a head out cause the guy could even tell me how much he took off---

thanks

 

I think there is a more rep. shop in MD somewhere, Jackson Auto Machine.