EVILution (KGMs FrankenCav) wrote:Oooh, I may have already turned that motor into a coffee table, sorry buddy 
Good choice on the Amsoil, welcome to the dark side!
No worries, guess I just need to build one now
Rick wrote:Haha, Nice! So jealous right now!!! Looking forward to the new build....
Thanks buddy, should be a good time.
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You idiot, don't you know that engine blows.....
Just kidding, glad to see Matt's motor is finding a good home with ya.
Looking forward to updates on this.
Look at you go
and i thought i was making progress!
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Scorpio1 (James K.) wrote:You idiot, don't you know that engine blows.....
Just kidding, glad to see Matt's motor is finding a good home with ya.
Looking forward to updates on this.
The engine isn't the only thing that blows..
cody nobbs wrote:Look at you go and i thought i was making progress!
Like I said big plans
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Good because im sub'd so give me something to read!
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still gonna be slow.... im stealing that stuff while your sleeping and leaving my stock stuff there for you to use!
you'll never know....
"If one day the speed kills me, do not cry because I was smiling." - Paul Walker
I'll just toss my valve cover on Rob's blown motor and bring that along for you
Oh... Well rob & I put my valve cover on your motor and put it in my car... Soooo yeah... Sorry man :p
"If one day the speed kills me, do not cry because I was smiling." - Paul Walker
well that photo confirmed my gut feeling. looking forward to power numbers. great progress.
Some body needs to get to the drag strip :-) (cough cough y3llow)
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cody nobbs wrote:Some body needs to get to the drag strip :-) (cough cough y3llow)
Oh, I've been there. And I....errr... "left my mark." See page 1 of this thread..
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I remember reading that. How ypur diff blew and such :/ i did something like that in a civic once. Wasnt fun. But now you really need to go
got poly mounts now so no worrys!!!
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Poly mounts are amazing. I never thought they'd make that kind of a difference but they really did. Tires spin like they're on glass now.
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I just put a set in my car a cupple weeks ago. Motor and trans. And i agree
the vibration kinda sucks but hey give and take lol
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These finally showed up!! Been waiting for over a month for them.
Rest of the car is dirty as hell but they look great
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Looks great! I love mine.
Isn't this build done yet?!
I'm excited for next weekend man...I'm not sure why since it entails rebuilding your whole car in two days, haha, but I'm excited. You won't notice if I switch those tri-flows with my stockers and toss them in my DD, right? lol
Glad we are both doing big builds this week buddy can't wait for you to get home to mass so we can ruin some Hondas days lol
This week is the big swap? Sweet.
When is the TVS
So, I'll start with the good and just show the pictures starting with tear down. Cation to mobile users, there are a lot of pictures..
Hood, headlight support, and rad out of the way:
Engine, transmission, front suspension, and k member dropped:
Replaced the sway bar bushings while the k member was down:
Old l61 and other carnage:
Starting the F23 teardown with the illusive hidden bolt loose:
Team Green insert compressed:
Installed in the differential:
Trans back together with a new ac delco throw out bearing:
Onto the LK9 stuff. Replacing the stock springs with Supertech 78lb springs:
Due to the casting marks on the LK9/LSJ head, some material needs to be removed to allow the springs to clear. Even the stock springs barely fit and you can see where they already clearanced some areas at the factory:
Tri Flow cams installed with LSJ cam gears, LNF followers and lash adjusters, and completely new timing set. Didn't take any pictures but the timing chain components utilized ARP hardware for a little extra insurance:
External trigger wheel setup installed. I still hate this setup but luckily Matt already made everything up and helped me time it properly:
New meth injection setup:
Tein SS coilovers installed:
Motor in and running(crappy picture taken at night):
Inspection after about 25 miles, everything looks good!:
Finally a sweet picture in front of our shop:
Unfortunately, a lot of the swap took more time than I expected due to a bunch of little issues I either wasn't aware of or wasn't totally prepared for. Because of that, I didn't give Oldskool nearly enough time to dial this thing in. Although driveable, there's plenty to be gained and even more to be smoothed out. It starts REALLY hard and turns over forever before it decides to catch. I'm guessing this is a trigger wheel issue that I will need to dial in whether the wheel is slightly out of alignment or the sensor is slightly too far away.
It WAS driveable and idled great, but then I discovered an oil leak after tuning. After frantically pulling things back apart and re sealing the area that seemed to be leaking the worst, it just started leaking out of the rear main instead. It won't leak at idle but as soon as I drive it even a little harder it leaks like crazy. I'm guessing I'm somehow boosting the crank case, likely through a malfunctioning pcv valve in the LSJ intake manifold. Unfortunately I was totally out of time at this point and I was forced to leave the car in Pennsylvania and return to Massachusetts for work. I'll be back down not before too long to figure out what the issues are and resolve them.
Updates to come, hope everyone enjoys the picture porn!
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