any idea of the work involved in replacing a worn piston ring? ...i've narrowed my oil burning to that.

i'm looking for general costs and comparing that with a new b20 motor cost...

-------- has b20 for $950 ... would i be able to use the same transmission and ecu from the b18b?

 

Tranny yes, ECU, don't know.

If you're gonna rip apart the block to replace a piston ring you fried, might as well freshen up all the rings, bearings etc. If you ain't doing it yourself, just buy the B20.

 

its alot of work to tear the engine down to replace rings. and if your not doing it yourself expect to pay more than 950 which is the cost of that B20 you are looking at.

you can use the LS tranny and ECU with that B20 engine.

 

yeah i was thinking that labour costs are going to kill me.... thanks for the input guys.

 

wr3d...you can use basically everything from your LS on that B20. the rings and bearings you can do yourself if you know what your doing, but be prepared for some downtime on your car. if your just re-building to stock specs, then dropping in a B20 is a much easier solution.

 

But if ur willing to learn and gain some experience, it's so much cheaper.

For instance

Piston rings $120
Bearings $60
Hone $50
New Headgastket $90
New Rod Bolts $50
New Headstuds $120

It's a lot cheaper than the B20 and you know exactly what's been replaced and what hasn't.

Plus buying JDM = buying used
Rebuilding = new

But if u want the quickest solution, buy the b20.

 

agree completely and if your gonna tear it down might wanna consider getting some new pistons for a lil more power . Will in the end cost less than a used B20 and will basically have 0km on the bottom end if you do the things listed above.

 

damn t.. u make it sound so simple.. :S

 

I'll come over and lend you a hand, if I see you at a meet again. :P

 

how much downtime and what "special" tools are required to do the rebuild..... because i'm all up for learning and dammit.. it's cheaper and according to you guys, would probably be more reliable.

actually, downtime isn't a huge factor because i have access to borrow one of the many cars my pops has....

 

downtime depends on the avalibility of parts and if you plan to remove the entire engine or just quickly pull the pistons/rings out and install new ones..

it could be anywhere from 1 day to 1 week......

 

I am in the same situation and will be putting in a B20 from -------- in a week or two.

 

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Jimmy go through my engine rebuild thread. Every picture I took, is every step I made. I just didn't document taking out the engine.

Also any tool that you don't recongize from the pics are one's that you'd need. Off the top of my head, piston ring compressor and valve spring compressor.

 

now i'm seriously considering the rebuild.. what especially did it was the fact that it'll be like brand new 0kms on the block. and still some $ left for a b16 head

 

and more power if you up the compression and get it tuned :P

 

i say buy the b20. sell the b18 and the diference will be the same or almsot the same as rebulding and atleast your getting a fresh, low K motor