Integra Project
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Ditto - am so envious of people who can do this sort of thing.
Where do people learn all these skills ?
Ditto - am so envious of people who can do this sort of thing.
Where do people learn all these skills ?
I wish i knew
I'm starting off small, going to change my disc's and pads myself and clean my idle control valve, one day I'd love to be able to strip an engine. Would be great driving around in something you've hand built.
Good luck with the rest of your project, don't get disheartened now mate, just keep thinking about driving it again.
Good luck with the rest of your project, don't get disheartened now mate, just keep thinking about driving it again.
Where do people learn all these skills ?
Some people learn from college/uni etc., but most DIYers have just built up skills from years and years of tinkering with cars.
Exactly how i've done it, and I still don't even know the tip of the iceberg.
Update: I decided to go to work to pick up a camera, got there, opened up, forgot I hadn'tpicked my security fob up,had to drive the 11 miles home to get it with the alarm going all the time then drive back. I've got a camera now though so i'm off out into the garage
Exactly how i've done it, and I still don't even know the tip of the iceberg.
Update: I decided to go to work to pick up a camera, got there, opened up, forgot I hadn'tpicked my security fob up,had to drive the 11 miles home to get it with the alarm going all the time then drive back. I've got a camera now though so i'm off out into the garage
Haha, well played
Yeah I guess so. Am thinking of doing a basic course at college as im sick of forking out on ridiculous labour rates at garages.
Just popping my head in while i'm inside for a breather.
Very briefly, clearances have checked out ok on the main bearings, which is a relief as the bearings are non-returnable and cost a fair amount.
I'm now in the middle of checking ring clearance which has came up good on the first cylinder. I stupidly started just supping away at 3 when I went in the garage and i'm a little bit broken now meh.
I'm taking plenty of pictures and will update when I next come in.
Very briefly, clearances have checked out ok on the main bearings, which is a relief as the bearings are non-returnable and cost a fair amount.
I'm now in the middle of checking ring clearance which has came up good on the first cylinder. I stupidly started just supping away at 3 when I went in the garage and i'm a little bit broken now
meh.I'm taking plenty of pictures and will update when I next come in.
I think you have to work in the industry to get there quick. I'd love to get into engine building, but the knowledge required, not to mention the equipment and services, is something you really need to be in the industry to know and experience.
For instance, i'd love to build a forged 4G63 or SR20DET for instance, but the initial cost for what effectively is experimentation and what could go spectacularly wrong and cost a bomb, is something you'd want to get right first time.
Which is why i'm looking more at learning mapping. Lots of theory, and a friend maps MOTEC which could be handy
Basic maintenance isn't bad as its effectively a puzzle, you take things apart (even though most of the time the puzzle pieces are ******* stuck together), replace bits and put them back together.
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Pictures now.
I haven't done anything else since my last post, basically i've drank too much to trust myself doing anything important
Let's start with the important bits:
Now we're god to go
Lots of carb cleaner and blue roll = clean parts
Block before I started doing anything today
This is what i've been waiting for the past couple of days, it's a M11 1.5 plug head tap. I couldn't find one locally so just bought it off Ebay. I got it to make sure the thread on the main bearings were clean so I get a proper torque reading.
New main bearings..
I haven't done anything else since my last post, basically i've drank too much to trust myself doing anything important
Let's start with the important bits:
Now we're god to go
Lots of carb cleaner and blue roll = clean parts
Block before I started doing anything today
This is what i've been waiting for the past couple of days, it's a M11 1.5 plug head tap. I couldn't find one locally so just bought it off Ebay. I got it to make sure the thread on the main bearings were clean so I get a proper torque reading.
New main bearings..
In they go
That stuff is lie **** to a blanket, it gets everywhere
This is plastigauge. It's absically a strip of plastic of very specific size, you but it between the crank and bearings, torque them down to spec, then remove. The plastic deforms to the size of the clearance between the bearing and the crank, you then measure this again the chart plastigauge give you to see what the resulting clearance is. Dead easy.
Before
After
That's basically where i'm at now. I'm not rushing myself and the 'rings can wait 'til tomorrow when i'm not pickled.
Sorry for the amount of pictures folks, I get carried away
Nice work there neil-ste I know the feeling of wanting to give up, but you've got this far, it's getting closer to the end, it'll be such a great feelin when it's done
Get yourself a broken engine, pull it apart and put it back together again. Grab a mate who knows something about engines to give you a hand, failing that join up on an owners club, there will be plenty of people who have rebuilt engines willing to give tips. There are quie a few good books to help out too.
I know the feeling of wanting to give up, but you've got this far, it's getting closer to the end, it'll be such a great feelin when it's done Get yourself a broken engine, pull it apart and put it back together again. Grab a mate who knows something about engines to give you a hand, failing that join up on an owners club, there will be plenty of people who have rebuilt engines willing to give tips. There are quie a few good books to help out too.
More updates, I feel like i'm on a roll!
I've been in the garage this morning feeling a lot more sober than I was yesterday. I've managed to get all of the piston rings sized correctly and put onto the pistons, I've also got one piston in but i've had to stop for some food and can't motivate myself to go and get dirty again.
So, here we have one of the compression rings in the bore
Get the feeler guage in to see what the gap is, on the standard overbore the rings are showing a .584mm gap, which is withing the specifications Honda provide.
New thrustbearings in and the main bearings coated with rasberry sauce.
mmmmmmmmm
Then I put the 1 and 5 bearing caps on to keep the crank in place whilst I install the pistons and rods.
And in they go
I'm sure I have a few more pictures of my pistons wearing their rings and stuff but they seem to have went walkies somewhere between the camera and Fotki.
I'm getting a bit more happy with how this is going now, still seems like I have the reverse of what has taken me 7 months at a leasurely pace though, and I only have 3 weeks or so left. On top of that I need a new runabout as my Mondeo's MOT runs out soon and there's no way it will pass another.
I've been in the garage this morning feeling a lot more sober than I was yesterday. I've managed to get all of the piston rings sized correctly and put onto the pistons, I've also got one piston in but i've had to stop for some food and can't motivate myself to go and get dirty again.
So, here we have one of the compression rings in the bore
Get the feeler guage in to see what the gap is, on the standard overbore the rings are showing a .584mm gap, which is withing the specifications Honda provide.
New thrustbearings in and the main bearings coated with rasberry sauce.
mmmmmmmmm
Then I put the 1 and 5 bearing caps on to keep the crank in place whilst I install the pistons and rods.
And in they go
I'm sure I have a few more pictures of my pistons wearing their rings and stuff but they seem to have went walkies somewhere between the camera and Fotki.
I'm getting a bit more happy with how this is going now, still seems like I have the reverse of what has taken me 7 months at a leasurely pace though, and I only have 3 weeks or so left. On top of that I need a new runabout as my Mondeo's MOT runs out soon and there's no way it will pass another.
Update time again
I haven't done much since last time (Read: nothing) What has happened though, another payday has passed and i'm now the proud owner over full Supertech valvetrain I've got the next week off work and i've finally got all the bits I need to put everything back together (I'm sure i've said that before......)
Anyway, plans for next week are to drop the head off at the local engineering place to have new valve seats cut, the old ones were mashed. Once I get that back I can assemble the head, get that put onto the bottom end and with any luck i'll get it back in the car too. I'm not holding my breath, though.
New valves. I decided to get the flat face ones, they give you a smidge more compression, nothing huge. They're nitride coated or somesuch and they are porny
manganese bronze valve guides, they look much bigger out of the head than I thought they would
Ti retainers, you have to use the standard Honda keepers with these.
Double valve springs, they feel much stiffer than the Honda ones, which I suppose they are meant to.
Ohh and to add some urgency to what i'm doing, I scrapped the Mondeo last weekend. Bizarrely, i'm quite enjoying walking to work and back, I thought it would spur me on to get this finished more quickly. On the plus side, I got £77 more than I paid for it 2 years ago
I haven't done much since last time (Read: nothing) What has happened though, another payday has passed and i'm now the proud owner over full Supertech valvetrain
I've got the next week off work and i've finally got all the bits I need to put everything back together (I'm sure i've said that before......)Anyway, plans for next week are to drop the head off at the local engineering place to have new valve seats cut, the old ones were mashed. Once I get that back I can assemble the head, get that put onto the bottom end and with any luck i'll get it back in the car too. I'm not holding my breath, though.
New valves. I decided to get the flat face ones, they give you a smidge more compression, nothing huge. They're nitride coated or somesuch and they are porny
manganese bronze valve guides, they look much bigger out of the head than I thought they would
Ti retainers, you have to use the standard Honda keepers with these.
Double valve springs, they feel much stiffer than the Honda ones, which I suppose they are meant to.
Ohh and to add some urgency to what i'm doing, I scrapped the Mondeo last weekend. Bizarrely, i'm quite enjoying walking to work and back, I thought it would spur me on to get this finished more quickly. On the plus side, I got £77 more than I paid for it 2 years ago
