Good morning

I got my b18c1 block back from the machine shop it was line honed and the crank was grinded so its blue printed at .10 anyways i was re assembling the bottom end and I stripped out my first oil squiter there is not a single thread left in the block. I really don't wanna plug them becuz this is my turbo set up... Does anyone have any suggestions and i tried to get a hel coil kit but they don't make them for a .75 pitch. I'm going crazy any suggestions would be helpful

Thanks,
JDM GIRL

 

Do you have forged pistons and rods? Maybe different size helicoil and bolt?

 

Yes I do have forged rods and pistons. The problem is the bolt is actually spring regulated on the inside. It's a really unique bolt I wish I could find one with a different thread pattern but as far as I know they do not make one

 

sounds like you have no choice but to plug them......or find another block....

 

You'll be fine pluging them with a forged setup

 

^^^like he said...

 

I was really hoping the machine shop would be able to like put some weld in or something but idk I would hate to trash the block after I just line honed it and everything to exact specs.

Thanks for the help so far

 

Why would you trash the block? If you read my post it says you don't need the squirters with a forged setup

 

like others have already said, just plug the holes for the squirters, u do not need them since u have forged internals! You'll actually gain more oil pressure from doing so. If you cant DIY just take it to a machine shop and have them fix the threads, find a correct size bolt and ur good...

 

Decided to go with everyones advice and plug the squirters. Got a heli coil kit for a bigger thread pitch and found a similar bolt and got the golden eagle plugs for the rest of them.thanks for the help everyone hope to have her finished this weekend

-jdm girl

 

Just curious.. how did you strip it out?

 

I had to take them in and out 6 times after multiple visits to the machine shop. I think the threads just got weak but not really sure

 

It depends on what kind of racing you do. If your drag racing then its not much of a issue. If your circuit racing its a good idea to have them...

 

This is my daily driver with weekend track use. Like i said before I wouldve liked to find a solution that didnt require plugging the oil squiters but I couldn't find any other way to solve the problem.

 

Hey i have a question that i cant seem to get an answer for and im new to this site so i really dont know where i should write this but i guess this would be okay.

Well earlier today i was taking apart my B18c1 shortblock i purchased and everything seems to be in really good shape...but after taking it all apart i realized that i had forgotten to number the connecting rods all the caps are on the right rods but...i didnt mark them, the have numbers on them, three of the rods have the number 3 on them and one of them has the number 2 on it. i was told that the rods all need to go back in there original place, all the journals look mint and everything can i just put the rods anywhere or can i find out which rod is which? can someone help me out???? im new to this site so if anything Email me at Crxkid@ymail.com or pm an ill give you my number thank you