as some of you may know i acquired a complete d16y7 with everything except the tranny and ecu..., i have started the strip down to the bare metal with the engine being fully disseminated and ready to be bored .020 over and the block either acid dipped or sandblasted with all the crap off of it.... i really want a fast civic for the street and crazy fast civic for the drag strip with slicks and the whole shabang. I am going boost, with full ems standalone down the road when the engine goes into the car..... well here are some pics of the cylinder head and how far i have gotten so far. I would have it fully dissasmbled and started the porting on it but i am still trying to get ahold of a valve spring compressor...This motor is gonna take me a little while to do because i am a strudent but wont be to long... hope to have something for it every pay check weither it be rods,pistons, bearings, gaskets, etc. i plan on having pics up after i install something new

awesome! keep us updated!

yeah i want to see what a single slammer can really do with the right parts...and one hell of a tune of course:D:D

What does acid dipping do exactly?

I have a feeling this a gonna be a GOOD LONG THREAD. Good luck!!!
Is the second pic after the sandblasting? It looks so much cleaner than in the first one...

no acid dipping is were they dip like a engine block or cylinder head into a big tank of a certain type of acid and then they let it sit in there for so long and then when they remove it all the stains, dirt, grease anything that was on the metal will be gone, also works for coolent stuff stained around the cylinder walls and inside the engine... The second pic i didnt acid dip the valve cover, it originaly had no paint on it so i just used wheel acid on the top with a scrub brush to get the big stains out and then i renced that off with running water then took a sos pad to it and got into all the little cracks..I then sprayed off everything with compressed air and then let it dry what water was still on the valve cover. I got my engine temp paint at checker for like $5 or something close to that. I got the color "cast coat iron" by krylon. Looks a little bit like a mugen color but a little let brown. I wanted something different that i havent seen so this is why i went with this color. As for the silver "honda" letters on the top i just took a flat file and carefully stratched off the paint until the letters were all visible in shiny aluminum, just make sure you keep the file level and dont let it hit the actual valve cover or else it will scratch the paint...

more updates soon

Dude, AWESOME! I will be an avid follower of this build. Good luck man

Yea, this is pretty cool. Give us some detailed shizzle

looks great nice work keep us updated

Sweet dude, i can't wait to see the finished product

Sounds like you are gonna make it a beast. Cant wait to see it!

Looks awsome! Nice choice of color and nice job laying it down.

good luck!..i want to see how far this is going to make it

yeah its coming alone nicely, i am still debating on weather or not going with 9.0.1 pistons or 10.0.1 for little less lag time,goal is about 400hp with this motor for the strip and like 300 for the street

Good luck it sounds like it'll be a very mean car, i'll be following your progress like many on this forum!

dissassembled the cylinder head :D:D going to be fully ported either tomorrow or monday:D:D

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o yeah wait tell the head is cleaned and ported both intake and exhaust.... sexual chocolate right there:D:D

Man, that looks soo beautiful [sm=smiley20.gif]

Were going to find out what a real d-series can do!

o yeah im not gonna play around on this build^^:D:D

Cant wait to see how it all turns out. Nice job so far.

finaly got the crank pulley bolt out and torn down the bottom end tonight, the number 4 piston dropped out of the cylinder after i disconnected if from the crank which is telling that thats probably why the motor lost a lot of compression, all the others took a little bit of work to wiggle out of there cylinders



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I hear the crank pulley bolt is a bitch, how long did it take you to get that sucker out?

well i actualy found the tool to do it. and i borrowed if from work, basicly one person holds the pulley with the tool and i had to hit the breaker bar with a huge 10 lbs mallit as hard as i could, almost broke the breaker bar but if you have a pretty decent sized breaker bar over a 1 1/2 you should be good, im gonna get a bigger breaker bar for this kind of stuff

did some cylinder head work tonight, also got a pic of my car at work along with my new front strut bar

pistons(cp)
rods(tuner toy)
headgasket(cosmetic)
headstuds(arps)
tein basic suspension

all on the way:D:D

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NICE!!! ... but man you gotta get a better pic then that;)... it deserves so much more:D

sry for the sh*ty camera phone pics. im gonna get my dads camera and take some damn good pics

very nice man, i heard you are actually supposed to hang the crank from the ceiling or something so it won't sag. what cam are you gonna run?

hearing a lot about this delta cam for the y7 which im probably gonna go with since i cant find anything else!

Awesome man, She's coming along quite nicely. You hatch is so ****ing clean and I can't wait to see it rippin'

Keep up the good work

Go 9 to 1, you can alter your spool time by piping sizes, choice of turbo, and other things. What turbo you plan on using?

i am hearing some people tell me to go with a to4e but i want something that is good to about 400-500hp and ball bearing, i just love them

update, yesterday at work i just got a "FREE" 98 ex transmission and its clean as hell to.. Nice to have your work backing you as a sponser.

Subscribing to this thread. Looks awesome man, can't wait to see the final results. :)

wow i never though i would get this many followers.... dont worry guys i wont dissapoint you:D:D

a Garrett GT30R is all you'll ever need

sounds good:D:D

Yea it's a good turbo plus being it is a large frame design you can swap on like a GT40 or a GT42 housing and have a bigger turbo for cheap.

gave in on friday at work while iw as in the snap-on truck so i baught the top of the line die grinder which was a pretty penny. Started porting/polishing the cylinder head today, so far i spent about 3 hours on the exhaust side and will probably spend another 2 hours tomorrow then its off the the intake and combustion chamber side. snap some pics which it is turning out really good so far looks so damn nice

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sweet man!! Takes some balls to tackle a DIY job like that. Looks like its going to be a killer build, excited to see what happens with it

Awesome. This has turned out to be quite the project. Cant wait to see the results.

yeah im gonna do some more work and hopefully finish the exhaust side today, im gonna get some good pics to, everyone be patient:D:D to all my followers

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basicly the exhaust ports are done, as you can see at the base of the exhaust port i started polishing them but decided to stop because i dont have any oil for my die grinder tell tomorrow.

these are way better pics and hope you all enjoy:D:D i know i sure am am only 1/3 done

Boobies.... i mean TITS! hahaha looks like it will be amazing when you done:D


damn you forty for the phrase tits lol

sweet looking good dude

i wish i had the spare time and tools and money to get down and dirty with a build like that man, i hope all works out really well for you, i am going to be keeping an eye on this build bro , to get some ideas for the FUTURE!!!!!

to be honest all my money is going into this build. i am building it paycheck by paycheck. my only bills are cell phone, credit card, snap-on account, car insurence, and gas. i really love d-series and want to see what one can do before i swap in like a b18c or h22 in a couple years when im ready to move onto something bigger and better. yeah i could of went already with a b-series and turbo and then meet my goal but how many d16y7's that are fully built running around? i havent seen one yet

^ hell yeah, mad respect

Very nice work riceburner, not too many people have the gonads to tackle something like that

yeah im an all around do it yourselfer, if i can make it i am that much more proud of it because i did more and more of it.

That is going to be a beast! I cant wait to see the results.

lookin very good man. mad props.

Dude, im really excited to see how this things turns out. Were you planning on doing a Mini-Me to get VTEC or just keepin the y7 head? Either way that things goign to tear it up. Tits man lol :D

i dont want to deal with vtec, i think its way over rated if you are building an engine.

i am staying non-vtec

cleaned the block with simple green/purple power and came out very nice. got all that crud off. well hear are some teaser pics of how the engine is gonna somewhat look near finish. i also started on half the intake sides for porting.

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:D:Dshes coming along nicely

man i can honestly say that i want that engine:D... i can't wait to see the finished product... there will be a HUGE difference between the B8 and this beast:D

lookin good man, you should paint the block imo, it will look nice and clean for a long time

motor's looking nice man great work

ORIGINAL: Fiirkan

man i can honestly say that i want that engine:D... i can't wait to see the finished product... there will be a HUGE difference between the B8 and this beast:D


o yeah stock 5lbs vs fully bult 25psi hahahaha

Now you see me..[sm=burnout.gif][sm=gears.gif]... now you don't:D

intake ports done and so are the combustion chamber next is new valve guides and milled slightly.. enjoy
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lol i know i almost crapped my pants when the cylinder head got done to...

LOL, nice too see the progress is going so fast... i know some people(like me) would take for ever for that

beautiful. Where did you get the tool to do this?

i first baught a standerd abrasive cylinder head porting kit that has everything you need. i also baught a damn good how to port and polish dvd off ebay. if anybody is interested pm me. i work at an automotive shop that does everything from oil changes to heavy duty trucks and we have all the big name tool guys that come around so when snap-on showed up i went in and baught the best die-grinder they had which was a little more than i wanted to spend($240) but at least its almost payed for. That is how i have done it so far.:D:D


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Sweet man thanks. You may have encouraged me to do this myself

nice forty, i sent a pm your way on something you may be interested in

Got it, thanks again buddy :D

got my connecting rods. tuner toys with arp bolts. heres a pic enjoy

o and forty i am mailing out that package for you tomorrow asap, sry it took so long

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sweet they look great nice project

Sweet man, when you geting the heads of the piistons.

Sweet port job mang, so riceburner is it hard to port? Or just stick the grinder in there and thats it??

to be honest it takes a LOT of time. i spend damn near 14 hours on that cylinder head. it is very very easy to take to much off. its hard not to take your time

as for the pistons, im going with cp pistons/rings/wrist pins they are the best piston you can buy but they are also 500 bucks so some time here real soon then its off to have the block sleeved

damn nice,
some guys, i think PETE sent his head to some guy to get it rebuild. you did it yourself? amazing!
a free tranny? awesome. so u are building the white HATCH right? how cool

yup. everything from the back of the car to mainly the front. the only thing that i am not doing myself is:

sleeving

valve seat grindings

pulling out the valve guides and installing new ones.

and tuning

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heres another pic which i think is one of the sexiest so far of the motor.:D:D

NICE, cant wait to see this thing complete

ORIGINAL: riceburner700
o and forty i am mailing out that package for you tomorrow asap, sry it took so long


No worries bro, it'll be here before I actually get the new head anyway. Can't wait to try it all out! Thanks again

Nice choice on the rods/pistons/bolts man, this build is a huge inspiration to me

got a little waiger on the line at work today. i was talking to one of my friends(employes) at work and he seems to think that with my 1.6L i am not going to make over 300 whp, let alone 450whp out of the motor next year. i bet him 50 bucks i would and my other friend to. they think anything under basicly a 2.5L wont make sh*t for power.

so what do you guys think will i be able to make over 300whp? lol:D:D

Well you better now you goofy looking bastard:D

That motor is gorgeous! And they will lose the bet.

they will lose the bet, but 450 might be pushing it, tune it really well for that, but 300 would be almost easy

yeah the motor is gonn abe built to handle 40lbs but im only gonna run 25-30lbs

ORIGINAL: riceburner700

yeah the motor is gonn abe built to handle 40lbs but im only gonna run 25-30lbs

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A lil inspiration for ya.

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http://turbod16.com/viewtopic.php?t=4140

i have looked at those websites every other day^^^lol

side update: baught the d15b7 head from pegleg, have new headgasket, valve seals, intake/exhaust gaskets. gonna throw it on my car for now while im building my motor just for some more power. im gonna do a full port and polish with the head and install the new parts. do you guys want me to do a diy with pictures of how to do a b8 to b7 head swap?

i already tryed the whole mini-me thing and that went south so fast. i dont want to hear about how i should of done a vtec(mini-me).

Sounds cool Dustin, the egg should scoot a bit better with the new head. i think a DIY would benefit, but most people usually lean towards the mini me.

OMG! thats the sexiest thing ever. Man Im exctied. Cant wait to see that clean hatch scaring your work buddies!

gude.com (bullfrogcams) they have a cam for the y7 to but i dont know if it will work for what ur doing, or u may have a cam i dunno, this is the

first time seeing the thread. i like seeing the y7 built though cause thats what i have, only if i had the money.. keep it updated i want to see more

Crane cam ftw.

Sweet build, looks like both of us are going for similar power.:)

Since you've selected the Y7, check out this link. You DEFINITELY want to look into doing the oil pump mod, and you may need to notch the block for the rods (I'm not sure on the tuner toys).

http://www.theoldone.com/articles/d%5Fseries%5Fengine%5Fbuilding%5Ftips/

Check it out, last thing you want is for that engine to go because the oil pump sucks.[&:]

Good looking build so far though, looks like it's gonna be a fun time when you're all said and done. Oh, those guys who said you can't make 300whp out of a Dseries can go stuff it.;)

well i fully hot tanked the head, dissassembled the whole rocker assembly and took out all the valves, ported and polished intake and exhaust, port matched the gaskets, brand new seals and gaskets. took the car apart last night and did the whole install including adjusting the valve clearance. First start up went really good she idles perfect and only jumps about 20 rmp's at idle. the only downfall but i knew it has to happen is that since the car was tuned for the 8 valve head it was running 14.7 at idle but as soon as .01 throttle was applyed it would go straight to lean and cut out. So the next step is streat tune the car so it can be driven lightly to my tuner and get it to work were i'm putting on a mandrel bend 3" piping from the turbo clear to the muffler (custom) with a flex pipe to keep rattles down. Valve cover is getting repainted from the ford blue thats on it now to the gun metal grey like the valve cover on the d16y7 that im building.

pics or ban!

ORIGINAL: Remmy

pics or ban!


I second this motion:D

im at school but i will get some on my next off hour. the ports look just like the d16y7's but i will get some pics

the first two pics are of the 8 valve head lol. you could barely stick a guarter in the exhaust and intake ports

last ones are of the 16 valve installed

i know im gonna get sh*t for my wastegate open right above my filter but im ordering a flange so i can dump it to the ground dont worry lol..


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nice job on getting the head from peg. ya you need to make a dumptube, dont wanna catch your engine bay on fire.

I thought you meant that you completed the engine LOL. well i hope you like the new head a lot more then the old man, i am sure it will be a lot more peppier:D

yeah im hopping:D:D

well 16 valves vs 8 valves. factory 102hp vs factory 72hp... i think there will be a difference of a couple dozed HP:D

yeah im just hopping the engine can take it. 3 out of the 4 cylinders are good the other is like 135psi vs the others which are at 150. but it doesnt comsume any oil and doesnt smoke or leak anything. so i guess we will see.

only one way to tell:D

im not looking forward to the 150 dollars and hour tuning though

$150!!!!!!! damn

thats a mighty fine 16 valve head you have there lol. looking good man

ORIGINAL: riceburner700

im not looking forward to the 150 dollars and hour tuning though


Do it yourself bish! [8D]

^ Werd.

A true D-series. Not givin a **** about the bottom end.

update on the d15b7. I adjusted the fuel so i could rev it up and stay steady 13.1. As soon as you started to move the car would fall on its face. Couldnt figure out what it was i though my timing belt was off so i kept adjusting it, still nothing car sounded like a subaru sti no joke. Well i took out all the spark plugs and the #4 cylinder was soaked in gas, brand new spark plugs. So i went and checked the spark plug wire for high voltage and everything was cool. Next went to the distributor cap and checked the points inside. turns out the #4 point had heavy carrosion on it. So i cleaned them all off and put everything back together. The car starts and revs perfect. So took if for a spin and it builds boost at 2500rpms and has a ton of torque. next its off to work to make my mandrel 3" all the way back then hit the dyno for some tuning and repainting my valve cover the gun metal grey like the d16y7 head. gonna be real clean

hey dustin how's the d15b7 head i sold you doing ?

its doing fantastic... but seriously its going good. just working out little bugs like normal with anything you moddify getting ready for my mandrel 3"

sweet glad it worked out can't wait to see your 3 in pipes

me either

Nice! Grets some vids and pics up!

i dont know how to to put up a video but i will try and figure it out..

There is a walkthrough on putfile.com on how to do that.

Sweet man, i can't wait to see the numbers.

me either i would love to get it dynoed with an open downpipe but then they couldnt listen for detonation, got my 3" flex pipe, got my 3" mandrel bends just looking for a megan racing 3" inlet muffler now or better yet the money for it lol

little bit of an update. im getting my megan n1 3" inlet muffler tomorrow. Hopefully friday night or saturday im making the whole exhaust.

i will be posting a video of

3" full exhaust
dyno pulls
race against a eg hatch with a i/h/e b16a
dyno graph

There are more accurate ways of checking for knock than our ears anyway.

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Sweet man, yeah the gunmetal looks alot better then the blue did, i like:D

Its looking realyl good and what a clean engine bay! Btw... what kind of wierd ass weld do you have on that downpipe?:D

how bout repainting that radiator braket black for me, will ya?

looking great man can't wait till its finished

CLEAN

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looks great nice job

so sweet...be proud of the fact that you're doing all of this yourself. I know that sounds dumb, but seriously, it's something you should take great pride in.

o i do. the more i can do myself the less i have to rely on someone else. plus i can it how i want

I swear Man i am going to get you a camera one of these days so you can take REAL pics:D

Looks good man, she hauls like ass now?

i have a camera theres just something wrong with it

dam, looks real nice, cant wait for some beter pics, and mabe a vid !

got my pistons today in the mail. $520 shipped, im so glad i spend good money on the pistons. only the best

What's this??? ..... you have an actual camera now and not using the cellphone anymore LOL

Looks good man, how far through are ya on the build?

i finaly quit my job of being a lube b*tch at an automotive shop and am working with my dad making 7% which is a ton of money. im selling my turbo kit off my car now and am hoping to get 900 bucks for it which i will buy either my benson sleeves or my valve train with a 3 angle valve job. I have had so many bills i only had like 150 bucks a month to free spend so i sold a lot of stuff to buy these

its my dads camera, which i use more than him hahahaha.

also my business cards came in.:D:D

those pistons are the s*** man. excellent choice!

how much is it gonna cost to have ur block sleeved?

around $1050 shipped back to me. they are gaurenteed to hold up to 40psi though which i dont have to worry about the stockers failing

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Finaly i can post on the forum. the old b7 is almost ready to come out just some coolant hoses,axles, and motor mounts and shes out.

OEM pars are so expensive "unless" you have a friend who works at the honda dealership. lol



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The block is being shipped out today to Dan Benson to have his sleeves installed. Look how well that block was packaged by me. No room to spare lol, nice tight fit

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just got my mishimoto radiator in. very pleased with the quality, im going with a FAL slim fan to bolt onto it. the car is coming along nicely. the only thing left is the axles/mounts and the b7 is gone. gonn abe a while for my block. laskey said between a month and a month and a half.:( but it will be worth the wait

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dang rice...... i know you've helped me out a whole hell of a lot, but i didnt know you knew this much!! and btw your car is going to be insane when finished!!! good luck bro also how much hp is it goin to be pushing

hoping over 400+whp, 450 would be perfect on slicks for me

dang ya slicks what you pushing a 8 sec car!!! lol jk but yas it sounds like its going to be crazy when its done

hoping for mid to low 11's

ya you should be able to get that.. so how much boost you actually goin to push... like hard push prob

wow, i dont know why i havent checked this thread in so long, build look so sick Rice! Keep up the good work :)

i try lol. and it will be around 30psi. would like lower but if thats what it takes then thats what im running.

Im lovin the build.

^+1 keep it up!

coming along nicely. not rushing to get the car done

finaly pulled the b7 out. time for an engine bay prep, cant decide between black and white to paint the engine bay. thoughs welcome

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some more:D:D:D still waiting for the block back should be within the next couple weeks. im checking with laskey on the statis about the block tomorrow.

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Sweeet!

For the bay, I'd go black, it's more universal incase you end up switching exterior colors later. Tyler's engine bay is black and I didn't even notice the first couple times I saw it. Usually when the bay doesn't match the exterior it sticks out like a sore thumb

im thinking like a flat black like the old hot rods, nothing glossy in the engine bay just all business!:D

^^ ya that sounds good

well took half the stuff out of the engine bay tonight and primered it and painted it flat black, reinstalled most of the stuff we took out, the flat black looks amazing and will really make the motor stand out very cleanly. i will get some pics tomorrow when the suns out

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that looks awesome.

^ nice work man, this car is goin to be an sleeper for sure:D

still working on painting the engine bay. man its tough removing everything and putting it back. Also did a wire tuck on the passager side, routed the wires under the fender instead of around the shock tower. Looks so much cleaner. Let me know what you think

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wire tucks always look so good, good lcuk with everything man

looks good, i was thinking about a wire tuck myself (at least the drivers side). i might do it when i install my sidemarkers.

it takes about 6 hrs a side to do it right

i was only gonna attempt the drivers, i don't have enough time for anything more. and i think the 6 hours is a little steep, maybe 2-3 a side (at least for the drivers side)

damn, y does it take so long to hide wires, what all do you have to do??

i had to cut about 10 wires, extend them and connect them backgether, heatstring tap, then rapped it all in eletrical tap, them wire loomed it all up and nice so water doesnt get in it. Then i zip tied it to the frame, had to drill some small holes. it can be done a lot quicker if you just cut and extend, but you are gonna risk getting water in the wire connections depending on how you do it

how did you learn all this? You just graduated from high school and you aleady can rebuild your engine and know who and where to have work done that your can't or don't want to do. Just wondering how your learned all this?

just learning from some threads on the internet and watching videos, i took a high school automotive class at front range community college when i was a junior, its basicly there automotive class but only 1/2 of it for high school students. I have messed around with my car a ton since i got it when i was 16. To tell you the truth i never realy payed attention in high school, I was never good at the whole grade school thing, i have a hard time remembering things in short term, But for some reason when it comes to cars apparently i know a ton and remember every detail short term and long term which is very bizar, If theres something i dont know like eletrical or mechanic i go and read up a little on it and what others have done then go for it. I also worked at an automotive shop helping techs work on european cars for a little under a year last year

Lookin good man!

all you do to learn is just do it.

good call^^

any who got my FAL fan today, had some troubles mounting it because the mounts on the radiator wernt in the perfect spot. also am about 90% done with painting the engine bay black. let me know what you think, STILL waiting for the block back from benson, they said they do s2000's, then b-series, then d-series, sh*ty way of doing business, it should be first come first serve, i almost told laskey to send my block to golden eagle but they said its first in line and the bseries are almost done., almost been 2 months now. If the block was back the bottom end would be build and done.

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haha, that would suck ass if they recieved 10 more s2k blocks and 10 more b series blocks, lol

yes it would

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i've been looking everywhere for a d16y7 build, and here it is.
i kept on skipping over it because you added d15 to the title, sigh.
but it's all good, wonderful build by the way, i'll be looking toward your build when i start on my y7 in a couple of weeks hopefully.

good news, my block is FINALY done and being shipped to me as i type this, hoping for a full discription of the bottom end being built within the next couple weeks.

havnet check this in a while, engine bay looks good, cant wait to see the block:)

FINALY!!!!!!!!!!! 2 months later the block is back from benson. Hope you engine the pics, i dont know of anybody else on the forum that has a sleeved block but i could be wrong. im so glad i stepped up and got these done. The bottom end is going together soon just need some bearings, seals, pump and a couple gaskets and baammmmm the bottom end is done lol.

Enjoy!


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i defiantly engined the pics[8D]
What are the goals ( yeah i could probly scroll up and find the answer)

400hp-450hp

What turbo and management?

block looks sweet man:Dwhen is this beast gonna be done?

gt30r, s300

when i get a LOT of money hahahaha

when you sleeve the cylinders, do they replace the whole cylinder part, meaning take out the four circles inside the gap from the rest of the block, or do they just add a surface layer to everything? when i look up sleeving websites, they only show the finished product, and of course they don't tell me how they do it step by step. so any info on how the companies actually perform the sleeving process will improve my knowledge, thankz

http://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=565375&page=1

shows how they do it

^ thanks for the link, that explains it well, btw i engined the pics as well ;)

so they just slip it right in and let the sleeves expand to keep it in place? sounds a little too simple to be true but i guess technology is that advanced now

^ the block is heated first so it would have expanded, then it shrinks around the sleeves

anything new???

just buying a bunch of tools, iv been at lake powell for the past 10 days

alright man, take your time

hope you had fun

gonna have an update tuesday night, getting some very important parts/tools in

I cant belive im just seeing this thread now.

Good luck on the rest of what looks like the best and prettiest build i have seen. I hope to see some nice numbers and pics once its all set up.

Good job man, looking awesome...

if you dont mind me askin, how much do you have in the build so far and how much do you plan to have in at the end? Btw, I'm in love with this build, nice job and good luck

the benson block sleeves were $1025, cp pistons were $550, tuner toy rods $235, Arp bolts $150, all new oem parts and gaskets $350.

i am figuring between $6000 and $7000 including topmount and a gt30r, thats $2500 right there when the motor is in and running awesome, then the car has to get a paintjob(champ white), carbon fiber goodies. probably to much man lol. Im way over building everything .

is 235 for rods considered a good price?? what would be considered cheap or expensive for decent quality rods, that maybe can go up to 4 or 500 horses. and what other brands would you suggest??

almost all h-beams are from the same manufacture, just when they get to eagle, scat, tuner toys they all do there own little things like bore the wrist pin, put in arp bolts etc. The scat or eagle rods are right around the $300 dollar range which can withstand high 500+ hp and high reving. If you can get ahold of the tuner toy rods with the s2000 bolts they go for 250 bucks and can handle the same amount of power.

how about these rods from tuner toys, they don't say anything about s2000 studs but they do say that they can take up to 700 hp, and i think that they are the official tuner toys site

http://tunertoys.zoovy.com/product/R3-5394-AH

yeah thats the site, they come with the 8740 bolts which arnt designed to rev over 7000 i bolieve. they are good rods though

are those the rods that you bought??? the d16y7 engines that we have aren't meant to rev over 7000 anyways right??

yes those are the same rods i have. The cam and intake are designed to have peak hp around 7500. I think the bolts can handle the extra couple hundred rpms. They are an awsome rod for the money, i am looking into buying the arp2000 bolts for them just for the extra insurence.

the factory reline for a d16y7 is 7200

gotcha, thankz riceburner

little update just buying some tools, still have a few to get, i have two different micrometers not just the one 3-4" i also have a 2-3" pictured. i also found stronger manifold studs for relitively and the intakes are slightly longer for a hondata gasket, best nuts i could find as well. i know i didnt need them but what the hell they were about 25 bucks for the whole stud and bolt package

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what's that tool on the left and how much were the micrometers, what do you need them for???

there precision tools to measure mainly gap to determin what bearings i need. Just engine assembly tools

When is your block going to be done getting sleeved?

its been done and in my possession since 8-8-07. so getting close to 2 months

man this is a great build IMO. Whats your boost setup gonna look like hwen its all done?

top mount, aluminum piping welded together, big intercooler, gt30r, 3 inch downpipe with exhaust, shooting for over 400+hp if that takes over 35+ lbs of boost

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top mount, aluminum piping welded together, big intercooler, gt30r, 3 inch downpipe with exhaust, shooting for over 400+hp if that takes over 35+ lbs of boost


Thats fu*kin sick! Did you change your valve springs and retainers already? What are you redlining at? I'm runnin 9psi on my d15b jdm, just over 200hp I believe. Next few months here im getting new rods, pistons, cam, valvesprings, and a 16g Evo III turbo (runs 11psi on stock internal wastegate, tuning with my Greddy Profec B Spec II, I think I can do it because my 14b turbo is easily tuned to 9psi from the stock wastegate of 3 psi), ARP Studs, hoping for 15-30psi, how much can stock sleeves take? I wont have the extra money to get it sleeved for awhile, but I want to run as much boost as possible on stock sleeves

you could probably get away with 350 safetly on stock sleeves, no real new parts just all my money is going into my business, im getting ready to buy all supertech valvetrain for the y7 head though. baught a hondata intake gasket though. updates are picking up, gonna order some oem goodies soon as well. keep your head up guys

Got my supertech valve train components today:D nice chunk of change

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at what horsepower would you consider changing the valvetrain necessary for a d16y7??

when you are exceding your factory redline its a good idea to c hange them, if you arnt its fine just the way they are

how would i know if i am exceeding the factory redline (sorry, probably a noob question)

when you are dyno tuning your car, if the car makes power past 7200 rpms and isnt dropping off i would consider upgraded valve springs and retainers which i carry for your motor:D

So hows the progress going? any feesable time until you're done?

looking like the deadline is by this next year depending on how my business goes. shes speeding up though. im just replacing every single part with brand new oem except the aftermarket stuff

sweet i can't wait to seeit finish. I also will be following this thread!
:D

thanks man, updates next week

had the head milled, and a 3 angle valve job intake and exhaust for the .05mm over sized valves, found out one seat was cracked and had to be replaced. Just gonna send out my cam to gude or delta and once it gets back the head will be done.

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Looks sexy. Did you do the head work yourself?

yeah, I make my living off doing performance head work

wow man this project has been going for over a year, cant wait to see it done though :) i dont feel so bad about my boost project now ;)

looing good. What are the pros of over sized valves? and is 1mm better then .5mm ?

Is that a hondata intake gasket?

depends on the port, cam, cylinder boring what kind of power your pushing, i was gonna go 1mm but decided to stay with .5mm so i still have a better rounded car in the power band, if your power band will be 6k+ then go with some 1mm. if not and want a fatter torque curve dont go over a .5mm. Plus 1mm oversized seat cutting is expensive.

Yes that is a genuine hondata gasket, they are the only ones i use in my head builds

got some parts in for the car/motor. figured i would update this thread a little bit. enjoy the new pics, more parts are coming in the mail so i will have more pics up next week. Have a couple kick a$$ looking parts that i have to finish up on the interior of the car before i will post pics just to tease a little.

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heads bacically done and ready to go on the block

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wow! looks amazing

Im getting excited...its like christmas...except im not getting presents:(

just got in my An fitting fuel line piece looks really trick, will go good with all the other black braided catch can hoses and whatnot that will go throughout the engine. Waiting on a couple gauges then will show some pics of the them mounted.

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finaly got all of my blox gauges and my jdm console. and a peice of carbon fiber to tie it all together. heres some pics so enjoy!

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i am about %5 away from assembling the whole motor and bolting a tranny on it. With business taking off extremely quick i have a bunch more money and been buying parts everyweek it seems. well figured its about time for some updates before stage 3 of putting the whole motor together and in the car to start her up. things i have purchased since last up-date are:

felpro valve cover gasket
felpro exhaust gasket
obx lsd
ngk wires
ngk plugs
custom turbo cam
machined my rods
polished the crank
summit piston ring filer
oem timing belt
OEM rear main seal(installed)


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dam you should drive to cali and give me a ride when its done damn congrats on the progress, what are your plans for the exterior of the car? sleeper?

Awesome Dustin i can't wait to see this bitch together and dynoed:D

plans are to get some jdm front fenders with the orange side markers, get a carbon duckbill and trunk/hatch. repaint the car championship white and get a carbon lip for the front bumper as well

very nice build. why is the crankshaft laying on its side?? if u can, i'd check for crankshaft straighness before installing it..

its been balanced and polished two days before so its good to go, its been laying on its side like that for year and a half now before they balanced it and said it was perfectly straight

GOD! im so close to putting the WHOLE motor together and friday i called up Honda to order some main bearings to get things rolling on getting proper clearences and to my surprise all Green bearings are on backorder. So im stuck waiting for when they will come in, which i have no idea. i can taste how close the engine is to getting built:(:(:(. Been working on it for well over a year and probably a half now and i have a hill in the road that i have to climb:( but it will get there sooner than i had though:D

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GOD! im so close to putting the WHOLE motor together and friday i called up Honda to order some main bearings to get things rolling on getting proper clearences and to my surprise all Green bearings are on backorder. So im stuck waiting for when they will come in, which i have no idea. i can taste how close the engine is to getting built:(:(:(. Been working on it for well over a year and probably a half now and i have a hill in the road that i have to climb:( but it will get there sooner than i had though:D

ok flip;):D

lol, touche

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GOD! im so close to putting the WHOLE motor together and friday i called up Honda to order some main bearings to get things rolling on getting proper clearences and to my surprise all Green bearings are on backorder. So im stuck waiting for when they will come in, which i have no idea. i can taste how close the engine is to getting built:(:(:(. Been working on it for well over a year and probably a half now and i have a hill in the road that i have to climb:( but it will get there sooner than i had though:D

ok flip;):D



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good luck though Dustin, i know this thing is gonna rip

nice man, I also have beenreading this thread. You inspire me to boost/build a d series motor[8D] I think mabey Ill pick up one to boost or boost this ol' b7,lol.

you should, even 300whp in a civic is pretty damn fast. but now im hungry for some real power hoping for well over 400whp thats reliable and can handle more. Im so happy im over building the motor. but i made a jig to hold my crank while i size up my rod bearings to keep things rolling. i hate not ordering parts or working on the car/motor so gotta keep pushing.

i hate not seeing any progress flip:D jk! hurry up though! im gettin excited

heres my custom wooden jig so i can size up my rod bearings

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little bit of an update on the motor build, main bearings came in from backordered. fit them in and there still a little on the loose side so i reordered some thicker bearings of browns and blacks and they will be in next week, ordered my rod bearings as well. Got my rods back from the machine shop as well which im excited about. so can literaly lick how close its to all going together. got my custom cam, ngk wires and plugs all installed, the whole top end is done and ready to be bolted on. got a timing belt, tentioner and a couple other miscilanious things.

Noob question: Why do you need a jig?

its just easier sizing rod bearings out of the motor insted of the crank being laid into the block, plain and simple eiser to do