I am working on a basic and very mild LS/Vtec. Right now I am working on the block, and figured I would snap pictures of some of the work so far. Hopefully more updates to come.

Some engine specs...

Block
1993 B18A Block (honed, hot tanked, and thoroughly inspected)
LS Crank (balanced and micropolished)
ACL Main, Rod, and Thrust Bearings

LS Rods (ARP bolts and BE refinished)
B16 PR3 Pistons (Bead blasted and cleaned)
Hastings Piston Ring Set

GSR Oil and Water pumps (less than 20k miles)
GSR Crank pulley
LS Oil pan, windage tray, and pickup
Brand new OEM headgasket, oil pan gasket, from and rear main seals, oil pump seals, timing belt, etc...

Head
2000 B16 Head
Port and Polished
3 Angle Performance Valvejob
Milled .005"

B16 Valvetrain
GSR Cams

Ported B16 Manifold

New cam seals, vtec sol gasket, im and header gasket, valve seals, valvecover gasket, etc...

The block cleaned with a fresh hone



Crank


Checking clearances with plastigauge. Everything was well in spec and turned out great





Crank Installed




Some of the new gaskets, etc...




Modified by Big Teggie at 3:15 PM 2/18/2005

 

Nice, what was the price of the whole bottom end build?

 

what head are going to be using?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by drchulo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Nice, what was the price of the whole bottom end build?</TD></TR></TABLE>

I havent calculated everything yet. Its not that cheap to build something decent and reliable.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by turbofienD 04 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what head are going to be using?</TD></TR></TABLE>

I have a fully rebuilt 00 B16 head I am gonna use.

 

nice. looks good.

 

looks good keep us posted

 

very nice, very clean...its similar to what i am doing, only im doin all motor LS.

 

nice im building a similar setup, looks nice!

 

really nice i have a setup like that on my bottom end just a few different things, im also using an 00 b16 head. What kinda numbers you think your going to be pushing to the wheels??

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Hoppa &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">really nice i have a setup like that on my bottom end just a few different things, im also using an 00 b16 head. What kinda numbers you think your going to be pushing to the wheels??</TD></TR></TABLE>

I dont really know, maybee 150whp if I am lucky.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Big Teggie &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

I dont really know, maybee 150whp if I am lucky. </TD></TR></TABLE>


stock head?
even with ITR cams, you should get a lot more than that

 

looks good, i am doing a similar build.

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I dont really know, maybee 150whp if I am lucky. </TD></TR></TABLE>

i bet you will surprise yourself

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Dan GSR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">stock head?
even with ITR cams, you should get a lot more than that</TD></TR></TABLE>

B16 head with portwork and new valvejob.

If I can find some ITR cams cheap I will drop them in, other wise I am using stock B16 or GSR.

 

nice set up almost like mines except i used all honda parts and p30 pistons. the end result 185hp/139tq. this of course is with ctr cams and i/h/e. im pretty happy with my results and im sure you will be. keep us posted.

Hector

 

Is this the engine that is going to see those pistons you bought off of me?

 

Looks like a nice build - Hopefully I can get started with mine sometime this century

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by WAFFLES &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Is this the engine that is going to see those pistons you bought off of me?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah, Im gonna take pictures when I get the pistons in. I would like to get them in tonite.

 

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Yeah, Im gonna take pictures when I get the pistons in. I would like to get them in tonite. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I'm still waiting to get everything back from the machine shop so I can start assembling.

 

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I'm still waiting to get everything back from the machine shop so I can start assembling. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yea, downtime and waiting sucks. But good things come in the end

 

Big Teggie, quick question, why Hastings Piston rings? not oem rings

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hj. &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Big Teggie, quick question, why Hastings Piston rings? not oem rings </TD></TR></TABLE>

Hastings rings are a little cheaper compared to OEM Honda rings. They provide the same quality.

I haved used them before in other engines and have had great sucess with them.

 

nice...i had the same set up.....broke a ring landing....went with Pr4 pistons for a simple turbo kit....good luck

 

Very coo!

 

Here is an update of how everything has been going....

Some of the specialty tools used


ACL bearings and ARP rod bolts. Noticed the small holes for measuring rod bolt stretch



Checking rod bearing clearance



Pistons, rods, and rings



Checking ring gap


All parts super clean and ready to go


Pistons installed on rings, bearings with assembly lube, and rod bolts with ARP moly lube




Installing pistons and rods, then checking bolt stretch





Pistons sitting pretty in their new home





Checking PDH




Modified by Big Teggie at 3:06 PM 1/22/2005

 

gooooood stuff