Cvcrcr's project/fix-up thread (version 1.1)
^^ what you trying to say???? That my oil cap looks dirty?????? hmm fine, you talked me into it. lol.
Well, I received this on Thursday....
And this on Friday.....
^^ Yea, that's the Supercharger in that what-you-could-call a box. UPS SUCKS!!! Once again, they f-ed up more of my ****. I PM'd the seller of the SC pics of the box and he couldn't believe what he saw, regarding how mangled it was. After taking everything out, I could only find that the black thing on the IAC was broken. UPS is currently processing my claim for a new IAC (or money for one) at this moment. I hate UPS with a passion. lol...no, but seriously, I do.
Broken IAC, it's cracked on the other side as well as what you see here\/
Here are pics of the goodness after I unboxed everything, and cleaned it up.
My Cometic HG will be arriving on Monday. I am also making a trip to Fastenal today for a square key for the Skunk2 adj. cam gear, and buying oil/filter/coolant/anything else I'll need for Thursday (10/15).
I also decided NOT to paint the IM and intake piping since the paint would actually retain heat from the engine bay. I am trying to keep the motor as cool as possible, so I will end up buying some heat wrap for the intake piping and possibly the header, too.
Lastly, my buddy who is helping me install on Thursday is talking about the possibility of experimenting with water/methanol injection in order to cool the motor down even more. He kept going on and on about how we can set-up another tube coming from my windshield washer reservoir that would go into my intake piping right before the TB. He said something about windshield washer fluid is 95% methanol. I wouldn't start experimenting with something like this until next spring, and until I fully understand it. Anyone know anything about this?
Well, I received this on Thursday....
And this on Friday.....
^^ Yea, that's the Supercharger in that what-you-could-call a box. UPS SUCKS!!! Once again, they f-ed up more of my ****. I PM'd the seller of the SC pics of the box and he couldn't believe what he saw, regarding how mangled it was. After taking everything out, I could only find that the black thing on the IAC was broken. UPS is currently processing my claim for a new IAC (or money for one) at this moment. I hate UPS with a passion. lol...no, but seriously, I do.
Broken IAC, it's cracked on the other side as well as what you see here\/
Here are pics of the goodness after I unboxed everything, and cleaned it up.
My Cometic HG will be arriving on Monday. I am also making a trip to Fastenal today for a square key for the Skunk2 adj. cam gear, and buying oil/filter/coolant/anything else I'll need for Thursday (10/15).
I also decided NOT to paint the IM and intake piping since the paint would actually retain heat from the engine bay. I am trying to keep the motor as cool as possible, so I will end up buying some heat wrap for the intake piping and possibly the header, too.
Lastly, my buddy who is helping me install on Thursday is talking about the possibility of experimenting with water/methanol injection in order to cool the motor down even more. He kept going on and on about how we can set-up another tube coming from my windshield washer reservoir that would go into my intake piping right before the TB. He said something about windshield washer fluid is 95% methanol. I wouldn't start experimenting with something like this until next spring, and until I fully understand it. Anyone know anything about this?
Last edited by cvcrcr99; Oct 12, 2009 at 08:04 AM.
HG came in today. Also, ordered new Iridium spark plugs that are 2 steps colder (stock are 5's, I'm going to be running 7's).
Should also be buying the fuel pressure gauge, AEM dryflow filter, AEM bypass filter, and new bumper plugs from Addiction2Bass by the end of the day.
I have two questions (for any who reads this project thread):
1. My friend bought the RC 750cc injectors I had from my turbo build, and he wants to give me his stock 310's since I am pretty sure my stock (240cc) injectors will be maxing out when at 7lbs (full boost for the JRSC). Otherwise, I have someone lined up to sell me a set of Bosch (same as Injector Dynamics) 550cc injectors for $200. Anyone think RSX type S injectors will be enough fuel for my SC'd D16?
2. This is my main concern. When I get gas, my car is extremely hard to start. Basically bogging down and dying. My buddy and I datalogged it all and found my MAP sensor to be reading 0 psi (although the TPS is showing 0 - Not open) for some reason when I start the car after getting gas. After a few minutes of holding the gas down a little bit to keep the motor from stalling, the map sensor begins to read the air pressure and the motor is stable again. This is only when I get gas, never at any other times. Also, during that time, my injectors are basically sitting open for 7-9ms which is causing the car to run pig-rich. Anyone know of a possible solution?
Should also be buying the fuel pressure gauge, AEM dryflow filter, AEM bypass filter, and new bumper plugs from Addiction2Bass by the end of the day.
I have two questions (for any who reads this project thread):
1. My friend bought the RC 750cc injectors I had from my turbo build, and he wants to give me his stock 310's since I am pretty sure my stock (240cc) injectors will be maxing out when at 7lbs (full boost for the JRSC). Otherwise, I have someone lined up to sell me a set of Bosch (same as Injector Dynamics) 550cc injectors for $200. Anyone think RSX type S injectors will be enough fuel for my SC'd D16?
2. This is my main concern. When I get gas, my car is extremely hard to start. Basically bogging down and dying. My buddy and I datalogged it all and found my MAP sensor to be reading 0 psi (although the TPS is showing 0 - Not open) for some reason when I start the car after getting gas. After a few minutes of holding the gas down a little bit to keep the motor from stalling, the map sensor begins to read the air pressure and the motor is stable again. This is only when I get gas, never at any other times. Also, during that time, my injectors are basically sitting open for 7-9ms which is causing the car to run pig-rich. Anyone know of a possible solution?
New spark plugs arrive tomorrow! Picked up some Honda Genuine Coolant (2 Gallons), Honda Genuine Manual Trans. Fluid (2 quarts), and valve lapping compound yesterday. Had to special order the square key for the cam gear and will be picking that up today.
Painted the strut bar, A/c bracket, and radiator bracket wrinkle black yesterday. Pics will be up later once I am 100% with painting everything else.
I'm starting to get excited for Thursday! All I need to do is re-polish the VC letters, bolts, paint the grommets, SC lettering, TB cable bracket, and cut a circle in my upper timing belt cover in order to access my adjustable cam gear to make changes if/when needed
I will be removing my head tomorrow night to lap the new valves in, and then installing everything else Thursday morning! I just hope I am not forgetting anything that will delay the SC install.
Painted the strut bar, A/c bracket, and radiator bracket wrinkle black yesterday. Pics will be up later once I am 100% with painting everything else.
I'm starting to get excited for Thursday! All I need to do is re-polish the VC letters, bolts, paint the grommets, SC lettering, TB cable bracket, and cut a circle in my upper timing belt cover in order to access my adjustable cam gear to make changes if/when needed
I will be removing my head tomorrow night to lap the new valves in, and then installing everything else Thursday morning! I just hope I am not forgetting anything that will delay the SC install.
SC, new valves, etc etc installed. A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. Still have to tweak the tune a little to have it dialed in 100%.
Pics, goods, bads, and the ugly tomorrow when I wake up.
Pics, goods, bads, and the ugly tomorrow when I wake up.
Last edited by cvcrcr99; Oct 15, 2009 at 08:24 AM.
Well, where should I start? Instead of starting the install last night and finishing today (10/15), my buddy and I decided to attack it on Tuesday night and finished late last night. Thank God because it is pouring down rain today.
So we start by removing the head/IM/fuel rail, no problem. Here's whats left of the bay:
Then, we start lapping/grinding the new valves into the head. New intake valves, oem exhaust valves:
Now, the finished product. All new valves:
Up to about this point, it was smooth sailing. However, the Supercharger posed ALOT of fitment issues that needed to be addressed. 1st, a coolant line was preventing the S pipe from being bolted in. So, we cut it down a little:
Then, the driver side strut tower wall was in the way of the actual supercharger pulley. Apparently, this wall needs to be hammered in to fit 100%. Here's a pic showing how close the pulley is to the strut tower wall after we knocked it in a little with a nice big hammer:
Other than that, we had some little fitment issues with power steering lines, coolant lines, vacuum lines, and wiring. Some sensors needed to be cut and extended, but no biggie. Installed:
Now, for a couple random pics. First, my buddy Jeff who helped with the install chillin on top of my motor trying to move a power steering return line out of the way since it was rubbing on the SC/Alt. belt:
My car hangin out in the garage:
Jeff grinding his valve spring compressor in order for it to fit onto the valve springs for removal. 1Motion FTW! haha
Good news, since the new valves were installed, we decided to check compression. Remember when I had that lose of compression in the 2nd cylinder due to a burnt exhaust valve? Well, it's gone now. 160 compression across the board.
Bad news, we pulled out my camshaft and this is what we found. Keep in mind that the camshaft is about 20,000 miles old, but it still sucks to see something like this:
Basically all the exhaust lobes have little scratches in them. Oh well, I guess nothing lasts forever. The camshaft is still installed in the car. We felt that the scratches were not enough to take it out and re-install the OEM camshaft. I'll have to keep an eye on it.
We ended up driving around for about an hour to get a base tune down and let me tell you, I have fallen in love with my car all over again. I guess you could say this is the first time I have actually had a somewhat respectable amount of power being put down from my D16. Regardless if a turbo is better or not, who cares? This was cheaper, less involved (less parts), and the lower end torque is extremely fun. I can hit the gas at 2000 rpms in fifth gear, and be able to pull up a hill with no problem whatsoever.
I am currently running stock injectors (240cc), but I do want to upgrade to something around 440cc. At WOT at 7500 rpms, my injector duty cycle is at 82%. I do not plan on revving higher than 8k, so my stock injectors should work without issues.
Also, I now need an alignment since my buddy and I banged in the driver side strut tower wall for clearance. Of course, the car pulls to the left. I still have my lifetime alignment plan, so that'll be done within the next week when I get some extra time.
I bet this post will be edited a bunch of times as I am sure there are some things I left out.
So we start by removing the head/IM/fuel rail, no problem. Here's whats left of the bay:
Then, we start lapping/grinding the new valves into the head. New intake valves, oem exhaust valves:
Now, the finished product. All new valves:
Up to about this point, it was smooth sailing. However, the Supercharger posed ALOT of fitment issues that needed to be addressed. 1st, a coolant line was preventing the S pipe from being bolted in. So, we cut it down a little:
Then, the driver side strut tower wall was in the way of the actual supercharger pulley. Apparently, this wall needs to be hammered in to fit 100%. Here's a pic showing how close the pulley is to the strut tower wall after we knocked it in a little with a nice big hammer:
Other than that, we had some little fitment issues with power steering lines, coolant lines, vacuum lines, and wiring. Some sensors needed to be cut and extended, but no biggie. Installed:
Now, for a couple random pics. First, my buddy Jeff who helped with the install chillin on top of my motor trying to move a power steering return line out of the way since it was rubbing on the SC/Alt. belt:
My car hangin out in the garage:
Jeff grinding his valve spring compressor in order for it to fit onto the valve springs for removal. 1Motion FTW! haha
Good news, since the new valves were installed, we decided to check compression. Remember when I had that lose of compression in the 2nd cylinder due to a burnt exhaust valve? Well, it's gone now. 160 compression across the board.
Bad news, we pulled out my camshaft and this is what we found. Keep in mind that the camshaft is about 20,000 miles old, but it still sucks to see something like this:
Basically all the exhaust lobes have little scratches in them. Oh well, I guess nothing lasts forever. The camshaft is still installed in the car. We felt that the scratches were not enough to take it out and re-install the OEM camshaft. I'll have to keep an eye on it.
We ended up driving around for about an hour to get a base tune down and let me tell you, I have fallen in love with my car all over again. I guess you could say this is the first time I have actually had a somewhat respectable amount of power being put down from my D16. Regardless if a turbo is better or not, who cares? This was cheaper, less involved (less parts), and the lower end torque is extremely fun. I can hit the gas at 2000 rpms in fifth gear, and be able to pull up a hill with no problem whatsoever.
I am currently running stock injectors (240cc), but I do want to upgrade to something around 440cc. At WOT at 7500 rpms, my injector duty cycle is at 82%. I do not plan on revving higher than 8k, so my stock injectors should work without issues.
Also, I now need an alignment since my buddy and I banged in the driver side strut tower wall for clearance. Of course, the car pulls to the left. I still have my lifetime alignment plan, so that'll be done within the next week when I get some extra time.
I bet this post will be edited a bunch of times as I am sure there are some things I left out.
Last edited by cvcrcr99; Oct 15, 2009 at 09:14 AM.
