Integra Project
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Fidanza flywheels and Exedy clutches are quite well respected for HondasFlywheels are only available from the states on Ebay though!
Fensport sell Fidanza flywheels for Toyotas. No doubt they could get you a Honda one if you didn't want to import yourself, not likely to be a cheap option as Fensport's prices tend to be a little high but could be a low hassle option.
The car has done about 100k miles. I hadn't done a compression or leakdown test, but for the car to be burning the amount of oil it was something had to be very wrong with it. It just didn't feel right any more either. Also, I intended to take it off the road over the winter to do the suspension and give it a tidy up anyway
None at all, they were 12mm and came off quite easily
Git
I bet I have uber problems with mine 
Been a while since I updated this, hasn't it.
Well i've done quite a bit really, some of it I have photos of, some of it I don't. Infact i've done so much I can't really be bothered to post a step by step breakdown of what i've done. If you want to know anything, pipe up
Basically, the engine is now out and in bits in my garage.
It came out of the car with very little hassle at all really, the only things that put up any sort of fight were the 2 lower ball joints, which I learned an ace trick to split Also the so called "bitch pin" which is a split pin in the gear selector, after a bit web browsing I found out how to get it straight out, doddle when you know how :wink:
So now I have the engine out, on a stand, in my garage. Well at least I did have a couple of days ago, i've spent a few hours stripping the engine down and it's apractically in bits now.
Well i've done quite a bit really, some of it I have photos of, some of it I don't. Infact i've done so much I can't really be bothered to post a step by step breakdown of what i've done. If you want to know anything, pipe up
Basically, the engine is now out and in bits in my garage.
It came out of the car with very little hassle at all really, the only things that put up any sort of fight were the 2 lower ball joints, which I learned an ace trick to split
Also the so called "bitch pin" which is a split pin in the gear selector, after a bit web browsing I found out how to get it straight out, doddle when you know how :wink: So now I have the engine out, on a stand, in my garage. Well at least I did have a couple of days ago, i've spent a few hours stripping the engine down and it's apractically in bits now.
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Holy thread revival Batman!
I've been through and updated as many pictures as I can lay my hands on at the minute becasue my web hosting expired.
Haven't done a huge amount since the last update (apart the one before this which I copied from another forum) until this week really. New bits should be with me in a day or 2 now Block has gone off to be bored, honed and decked ever so slightly.
This week i've started to clean things up really, not the best Idea to be working outside in the cold
I'm finding whatever I take a picture of looks parp, but I think thats just me because I know what it looks like when it's all as it should be.
Corroded aluminium is a total bitch, even when it's clean it still looks scabby and poo, so i've had to spray a few things black to hide the hideousness.
Inlet manifold and fuel rail came out a treat though, injectors will have to be replaced because they were hitting an uncomfortable amount of duty on the old setup. Some H22 injectors should be enough.
The looms will be gone through and that parp looking sleeving replaced.
Towed the car round to my house today with the everstrong Mondeo, so that I could get to work getting the engine bay ready for it's new engine.
The car had been in a bit of a bump at the front, which I suspected when I bought it. The repairs were a bit rough though and it looks like mastick has been used as seam sealer (not that I know what normal seam sealer feels likethough) Anyway, out it comes.
I've been through and updated as many pictures as I can lay my hands on at the minute becasue my web hosting expired.
Haven't done a huge amount since the last update (apart the one before this which I copied from another forum) until this week really. New bits should be with me in a day or 2 now
Block has gone off to be bored, honed and decked ever so slightly.This week i've started to clean things up really, not the best Idea to be working outside in the cold
I'm finding whatever I take a picture of looks parp, but I think thats just me because I know what it looks like when it's all as it should be.
Corroded aluminium is a total bitch, even when it's clean it still looks scabby and poo, so i've had to spray a few things black to hide the hideousness.
Inlet manifold and fuel rail came out a treat though, injectors will have to be replaced because they were hitting an uncomfortable amount of duty on the old setup. Some H22 injectors should be enough.
The looms will be gone through and that parp looking sleeving replaced.
Towed the car round to my house today with the everstrong Mondeo, so that I could get to work getting the engine bay ready for it's new engine.
The car had been in a bit of a bump at the front, which I suspected when I bought it. The repairs were a bit rough though and it looks like mastick has been used as seam sealer (not that I know what normal seam sealer feels likethough) Anyway, out it comes.
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Let's get cracking with it. This made a total doddle of it, I was expecting getting rid of the rust to be a total nightmare, not at all. I've never done anything bodywork related before so if anyone wants to tell me how to do things properly i'm all ears. I'm in "if it's rusty it's getting wire brushed back to metal" mode.
I also got going with elbow grease, engine cleaner, blue roll and a alloy wheel brush. I managed to get half of the subframe sort of clean, i'm still not happy with it but it's much better. I'll finalise it when it's not so wet.
Side I haven't done:
The one I have:
More to come, i'll be doing loads of work over the next few weeks so there should be updates aplenty
I also got going with elbow grease, engine cleaner, blue roll and a alloy wheel brush. I managed to get half of the subframe sort of clean, i'm still not happy with it but it's much better. I'll finalise it when it's not so wet.
Side I haven't done:
The one I have:
More to come, i'll be doing loads of work over the next few weeks so there should be updates aplenty
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Yeah, my hosting expired without me backing up the stuff that was on it. I should have all of the photos here somewhere, i'll have a look tonight and update the first posts if I can.
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Looks good mate, might wanna edit out the sweary in post29 though
Right, now that ive rolled over and paid for Fotki I have loads of pics to update.
Most of my parts came the other week, I ordered them from Sons Acura dealership in Altlanta of all places. Len, the guy who runs the parts department, was incredibly helpful, always double checking stuff and he even made a fake little invoice for the robbing **** at customs (circa 90% less than it should have been
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New pistons avec rings. .25mm oversize in standard compresion. I'm gutted I bottled getting uber high comp ones but i'll just save up so I can get them + cams + mapping all at once, shouldn't be too hard swapping a new set of pistons in later, a weekends work probably.
New oil pump, The mounting for the timing belt cover is slightly different, otherwise identical to the old one.
The back side of new head gasket, exhaust gasket and inlet gasket
Timing belt, tensioner and water pump
Oil pickup and new gasket for this too
Most of my parts came the other week, I ordered them from Sons Acura dealership in Altlanta of all places. Len, the guy who runs the parts department, was incredibly helpful, always double checking stuff and he even made a fake little invoice for the robbing **** at customs (circa 90% less than it should have been
) New pistons avec rings. .25mm oversize in standard compresion. I'm gutted I bottled getting uber high comp ones but i'll just save up so I can get them + cams + mapping all at once, shouldn't be too hard swapping a new set of pistons in later, a weekends work probably.
New oil pump, The mounting for the timing belt cover is slightly different, otherwise identical to the old one.
The back side of new head gasket, exhaust gasket and inlet gasket
Timing belt, tensioner and water pump
Oil pickup and new gasket for this too
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Thrustbearings and valve stem seals
Random other seals and little gubbins
What the customs man didn't see
...what he got instead
Which resulted in
Happy days
I'll update a bit more later 'cos i've got to hit the dirty pub now. I've already done some more today but i'm sure you can wait.
Random other seals and little gubbins
What the customs man didn't see
...what he got instead
Which resulted in
Happy days
I'll update a bit more later 'cos i've got to hit the dirty pub now. I've already done some more today but i'm sure you can wait.
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I couldn't see the first lot of pictures, lots of red x's. You seem to be getting on well with it, keep up the good work! B series engines seem so much easier to work on than the H and Ks!
I thought you had a red UK integra, or is that someone else on here (or did you sell it?)
I thought you had a red UK integra, or is that someone else on here (or did you sell it?)
The other -Neil- has a UK spec one. I've got a JDM in white, obviously. My hosting was playing up and i've moved over to Fotki, I don't have the old pictures saved locally.
If i'm honest it hasn't been hard to work on at all, it's just another 4 cylinder engine after all. That said, I haven't started on the head yet
Half the pictures aren't showing. I'm really starting to lose it with fotki now
yehh i see about 4 pictures max