Buff4Prez's LS/Vtec Build *Update 02/03/08*
 

Finally got my stuff back from the machine shop this weekend and right now it's sitting at Addicted Performance. couldn't get any engine assembly lube so very little got done. right now i'm focusing my attention to the bottom end since it's my biggest concern in the build right now.


Block has been cleaned, decked 5 thou, bored over 20 thou, honed and got the mains honed aswell.

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RS Machines PR3 pistons .020 oversized, Hastings Piston Rings, Shot peened and honed PR4 Rods, ARP rod bolts and ACL Race main and rod Bearings.

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GSR Girdle was machined to fit on LS main caps because the GSR main caps wouldn't line up properly on the LS Block. i just mocked it together to get the pic. not pictured is the oil pickup, windage tray, pump and pan, all from a gsr. also have ARP gsr main studs.

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LS crank is balanced and micropolished. only 1 gram was taken off to balance correctly.

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that's it so far. i hope to get this done and out of the way soon cuz i have the other, more expensive half of the motor to do still.

keep checking for updates

Looks good Mark! Thanx for the sticker!

I'm surpised the machine shop couldn't supply you with the assembly lube.

What's the timeframe to have this puppy running???

Looks good, keep us updated.

i knew a guy with a frankenstein build (ls/vtec) and it was pretty damn quick...good luck with it

they offered it to me but i said not to worry about it....stupid me i should've taken it. they gave me some plastgauge tho.

does Honda/Acura sell assembly lube? i could've sworn they did. i went to the Acura dealership to pick up the thread thing that hold the oil filter and i asked the the parts manager for "Engine Assembly Lube" and she says. "What's it for?" i almost laughed in her face.

i'm hoping the motor gets finished by then end of the summer. cash flow is the issue. cams and valvetrain are gonna ruin me.

mark i have some assembly lube at my place i can bring down to the shop for you, i have an unopened one.

shweet! thanks.

^dood, i have an almost full bokkle of assembly lube you could have had. anyway, that crack girdle looks good on that LS block, i gotta give you props for building an LS/vtec proper!

All you guys sharing lube.

:hay:

:gayhi5:

Haha man you should of pmed me. I also have assembly lube laying around. Oh yeah, the old school guys call it moly lube so maybe try asking for that.

Don't worry about the head too much. Plastigaging the block is gonna be a bitch. I hate it. Having someone help you with it is 100 times easier to do.

looking good..... which machine shop did the main line bore hone?

All the machine work was done by The Balancing Act in St. Kitts.

Update!

it was long overdue

anyways, there's more progress on the motor.

i was dreading having to assemble the bottom end and the fact that my schedule is totally opposite to Dave's at Addicted Performance, there's was no way anything could've gotten done. so I called up zman. he checked all the clearances on it (which he said came out great), trimmed and clocked the rings, inserted the rods/pistons, crank and main girdle and torqued it all down. i added the oil seperator box, water pipe and tstat housing. before i go any further i need to get a bottom end gasket kit and check the clearances on my oil pump. once that done, the oil pump, pickup, windage try and pan can go on.

on to the pics

cylinders 2 & 3 at TDC
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Crank rods and girdle all buttoned down
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block shot (featuring Born2Board's Block in the background
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top view
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in the meantime i've also gathered a collection of parts, mostly for the top end. still gotta get the machine work done to the head and get a few more parts.
not pictured: Comp clutch flywheel and DSM 390cc grey top injectors

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since progress is picking up, the next update won't be 8 months later like this one lol

i'm really looking forward to seeing what these Brian Crower cams will put out. after much searching, i haven't found anything on H-T about them for the B-series, so once it's dyno'd i'll certainly post the chart there too.

Good job mark, its actually starting to look like and engine now!

But im still ahead of you :P

W00T Yay! mark wicked progress

that's something i won't hear from you at the track :D

you'll both still be slower than me :)

woot mark im so proud of you man alot of nice quality work and parts. those brian crower cams u got of me are gonna ------ be sweet. i heard they give around 15 whp they are nice cams ill be getting another set in the mere future. what was your experience on balacing act? did they do a great job? how the pricing high low medium i havent heard much about them. ILl prob go to them when i do my b20 vtec. looks like they did some great work; keep it up i want a ride in this thing when your done.

question how will that cf intake fit on the car? relocating battery or u getting a dry cell small 1.

Lookin good Mark, did you order the oil separator box new? If so what P/N did you use, I need a new one.

looking good mark!

Ya gettin the Dave Yo special I hear! ;)

damn...looking great Mark!

0012's? pm sent.

just try to keep up to the boosted b16 boyee.

lol i better not be

Jerry at the balancing act was pretty good. he explained to me all the work he was gonna do and how it's done. he was pretty conservitive with the work he had done like the fact that he didn't want me to bore the block more than .5mm, in fear of the sleeve cracking or getting the 8mm ARP rod bolts (i brought him 9mm) cuz he didn't want to drill out the rod caps in fear that they might break. they do alot of v8's, i was the only one with a honda block there at the time but he still knew his stuff. i asked him to balanced the crank and he said that if it's off, it's only by a gram or 2....sure enough he only had to take off 1. i ended up paying $500 for all he work that was done, it was exactly what he quoted me before i even brought my stuff there.

to fit the Moby cawk intake i'll have to relocate the battery. i have a few different options on where to put it but i haven't decided yet.

here's one option. this pic here is what had me dead set on getting one
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my separator box came with the block, i just cleaned it up a bit. i looked for the part number for you on acuraoemparts.com but i couldin't find anything. they probably call it something different. have you checked the Helms manual? i've seen part numbers in there before.

i believe so. they're the stage2 N/A


after i made the update i went and ordered the the gasket set for the block. so it should be here in a couple days. if i'm lucky, it'll be early spring.

I appreciate you looking. I have the P/N for B16 but I am trying to verify if they are the same box or not. Apparently there are 3 types of separator box and I can't verify which one I have till I take mine off my car. Oh well, still have 2 mos till driving season.

nice !!! looks really good mark !!!

Great to see a Properly Built LS/Vtec! About time! Can't wait to see the #'s

---- mark that option is the same route im going im gonna get a drycell battery with a cf intake. i cant wait to see yur car done.

nice the build is coming along great

sweet

Mark, its coming along very nicely, I dont think im gonna build my bottom end this summer, probably just going to work and save up enough so I can get it all done in one shot during next winter. I think Im gonna have to steal the cf intake/battery relocation idea :D

hmmm competition, time to build my tranny.

Looks Good guy :)

bout time mark!!!