Integra Project

[neil-ste]

I forgot to mention earlier in the thread, when I was doing the rust removal I was using the popular Deox Gel. It worked really well, I put it onto where the bumper bracket mounts and covered it with cling film, came down the next morning and gave it a quick wipe over. I was left with nice bare metal ever so slightly pitted. It's good!

On with some seam sealer. What horrible stuff this is, it gets everwhere.

When I was spraying the primer on it dawned on me just how crap I am at spraying. I'm going to have to enlist some help before I go any further.

First layer of top coat on to keep the weather out unitl I can work out exactly how i'm going to do the rest of it.

While all this was going on the block was away at Heaton Engineering being bored and honed. So now i'm sporting nice fresh 81.25mm bores

I've also spent a whole night in the garage using a wire brush to remove all of the oxidation and grease from the outside of the block. The process was quickened when I remmbered I had bought wire brush drill attachments for this very purpose

 

[neil-ste]

Once it was clean I put a couple of coats of High temperature pain on,, I used Halfords' own brand in aluminium flavour. Not exactly the coulour I was hoping for but it looks OK still.

Then the gearbox had to be done, which was even more of a pain.

Mostly clean after dar too much time with the drill

All done, thank God! Thats a job I don't want to repeat in the near future.

Yesterday my new clutch and flywheel turned up. I got these from America for quite cheaply. The clutch is a standard item and the flywheel is lightened to 4.4 Kg I belive. Both very nice products which come highly regarded.

Now all i'm waiting for are my ARP fastners which should be hear early next week. So I should be starting to put the block back together then, we shall see.

 

[Torch [P4]]

great read m8 a nice project indeed

 

[ChoÞÞer]

wow, thats coming along nicey, i wouldn't say your spray paint skills are bad either! they looked fine to me! nice work,keep it up!

 

[Simon]

Nice work

 

[DreXeL]

Great stuff mate, following this with interest

 

[Stinky]

great thread. will be watching this very closelyt

 

[neil-ste]

ARP Fasteners turned up yesterday. I got them from a company called Lightning Motorsport in Baton Rouge (Just outside of New Orleans) Peculiar thing being when I called them I initially got through to the answer phone. This would normally have made me hang up, but the woman on the other end sounded HOT, I must have a thing for Southern American hick drawl, but god damn!

Anyway, I called back later, spoke to a guy called Michael and the deal was done. 2.5 days later and a £40 customs bill they turned up at my house. It IS faster ordering stuff from reputable companies in the US rather than some half bit company over here who carry no stock and have to order it from their supplier first. No more expensive either.

So here we have:

ARP Head studs, rod bolts (9mm ones, most other B series engines use 8mm - more expense!) and flywheel bolts. Didn't really need the flywheel bolts, but they were cheap enough. Meh. Ohh and the rod bolt stretch gauge too, which is used as it's a more accurate method of measuring fastner preload rather than using a torque wrench.

I seriously hope these are the most expensive bolts I will ever buy, anything more expensive would just be taking the ****

 

[neil-ste]

I've gotten a few more things done the last couple of week, the only thing i'm waiting for now are the engine bearings, which I ordered and haven't received, I was really hoping to get it back together this week too.

Right, bearings. There are 7 different size of main bearings and 7 different sized rod bearings, to determine which mains you need you have to correspond marks on the crankshaft for each journal to marks stamped on the block for each journal. The same is done for the rod bearings, there are marks on the crank and marks on the rods.

So you get a nice little table. If you have ADC on the crank and DFG on the block you just look to see which bearing came from the factory. well you would if your block marking were there, which mine weren't. ********. So out comes the digital vernier, I had to measure the crank journals for horizontal run out and roundness, which was a bit of a pain. Anyway I got my numbers and found out what the old bearings where, Since the crank was still within specs for usage from Honda i've orderd the same size bearings as it had in before and i'll plastiguage it when they get here to make sure it leaves the required clearance between the bearings and crank. The rod bearings were a bit easier, all the markings where there for them still, so i've ordered the standard size and shall plastiguage them too when they get here to be on the safe side.

Ohh the thickness difference between each consecutive step up in bearing size? 3 thousands of a millimeter.

So after much of this:

I got this, and yes, it does make sense to me:

Block markings? Nooo, nothing as useful as that:

I started stripping the head this week too, I bought a valve spring compressor when I had my Rallye on the condition that "I'll only need to buy it once" Sods law dictates that nothing I buy will be useful more than once, and true to form the valve spring compressor wasn't deep enough to clear the head casting. Balls. So after a friend who works in the local Machine Mart sorted me out with a super dooper one for a cool price I was on my way. To be honest I wish i'd bought this one first time round, it works so much better.

I then got busy with the drill and a bit of scrap timber to make a valve holder so everything stays in the right order.

Rocker shaft coming out. On a Vtec engine each pair of valves is operated by 3 rockers and 3 cam lobes. Under 5900 RPM the outer two move independently of the inner one, afterwards oil pressure shoots a pin across, locks all three rockers together and they are opereated by the larger, central cam lobe. Big cam, little cam - dead simple.

Rockers all taped together to save them getting mixed up.

 

[neil-ste]

All the valves out:

A bag full of LMAs soaking in clean engine oil:

16 bags, 32 valve springs, 16 retainers. Labeled to their home port on the head.

Intake valve seats aren't in too bad nick, they should lap up fairly well.

Exhaust seats.....ermm best get them cleaned up and sorted out :

So now i'm just waiting for bits, and i'm back at work this week. Bahhh.

 

[Simon]

Has it been running on AVGAS before lol?

Exhaust seats are ******

 

[neil-ste]

No ****! When I popped the first one out i was thinking it may just be that valve which is bummed. Nope, they're all the same. I'm going to go and have a look later, if they look beyond repair i'll order some Supertech valves, springs and retainers (I've been looking for a reason anyway) and have some new seats cut.

I want it finished for my 23rd so I can have it on the road for a birthday pressie, doesn't look like that is going to happen

 

[Crossy]

No ****! When I popped the first one out i was thinking it may just be that valve which is bummed. Nope, they're all the same. I'm going to go and have a look later, if they look beyond repair i'll order some Supertech valves, springs and retainers (I've been looking for a reason anyway) and have some new seats cut.

I want it finished for my 23rd so I can have it on the road for a birthday pressie, doesn't look like that is going to happen

You can take me out it in then if thats the case Making good progress mate. Looking forward to see the end result.

 

[Wang Computer]

Very interesting thread! I'd be terrified at the idea of it not all fitting back together, but then I know next to nothing about cars.

 

[neil-ste]

Update: This isn't going to be finished for my birthday Financial reasons coupled with the fact i'm just going stale over it now.

Finally got the last bits for my bottom end today, though. I ordered these from the local dealer as it would have worked out cheaper than getting them from the US anyway.

4 main cap bolts (2 different types) 2 oild filters and a crankshaft oil seal. I was *very* excited that 2 of the main bolts came in blue honda packaging, i've never had that before

Also got my sump gasket and my bearing last week too.

You can see the colour marking on the side here, like I say there are a few diffent sizes / colours.

Basically, I just feel like i'm not getting far with this now, and it's just financial outlay every month Better crack on getting it back together. Hopefully when my tap for cleaning the main threads and assembly lube are delivered *fingers crossed* i'll be able to get the bottom end together, then the head once i've been paid.

 

[-Neil-]

Keep your chin up mate, will be so worth it once you're all done and back driving the car

Being without mine is frustrating, bombing about in a 205 Gti at the moment which is a bit slow but good fun nonetheless

Neil.

 

[neil-ste]

Yeah, well mine has been off the road since September and i'm driving a Mondeo on a daily basis, a really broken one at that

 

[Psycrow]

I'm driving a 1.4 xara at the moment since the roads in lanarkshire (working here for 3 months) are so bad, the tegs sitting in my GFs bros garage looking unloved.

Keep your chin up and get it finished, it will be worth it in the end!

 

[neil-ste]

Well my tap and assembly lube turned up this morning so I can start putting the bottom end back together today No doubt i'll run into some massive problem, though.

I'll update this when I come in for cuppas, not sure about pictures though, the parents have taken the camera away on holiday with them

 

[Noto]

not sure about pictures though, the parents have taken the camera away on holiday with them

MS Paint and draw it damn it!