Blown Motor, Build Parts?

[SiRcivic27]

Hey guys, on my way home last night my engine finally breathed is last breath. It lasted 1yr and 11 months with 8lbs of boost making 253HP.

Now I need to, at the very least, build the block and maybe the head depending on cash. I have my own preference for parts, GE Sleeves, JE pistons and rings, Eagle rods and crank, Skunk2 or Crower if I build the head. I was on Honda-tech and they have a lot of built b16’s for sale on there but that just seems a bit too much of a risk…

Any reason not to go this way with parts? What would you do?
Thanks for the options/opinions.

 

[hardcore97]

you dont need to upgrade the crank. honda cranks are VERY strong. plus i have seen eagle cranks that are broken in half and i dont like to spend money where its not necessary so my advice would be keep the stock crank and that will allow you to save some money for other areas of your build.

 

[SiRcivic27]

^ thx for the advice, this is why I posted...

 

[djrenok]

Yeah yo go to FTJ Distributors and cop a Turbo bottom end package comes with Vitaras some custom forged rods, they make them specially for honda motors. Check em out.....Basically u need pistons, rods, rod and main bearings (ACL makes decent ones) and thats pretty much it. I would have the whole motor checked over by a machine shop....head etc...Re-do all the seals, re-seat valves etc....Just to be same....

p.s. do u know why u blew the motor. I can put money on it ur oil pump siezed up and caused you to push a rod..........IF so, id replace the oil pump while ur at it...and get it ported and shimmed..

 

[djrenok]

Sorry to hear bro.....I can prob say everyone on this forum went threw this exact same thing......I know i did last summer, my motor is still waiting to be picked up, dropping everything in next week.....s**t sucks tho....and the shitty part was i bought the car 2 weeks go by, the thing starts to ping PING PING while im driving to work......Pulled over and the thing was toast.....

 

[Destroy]

Lol at a year. Should have had it tuned.

 

[Billy.]

^^ W

its all in the tune..

 

[SiRcivic27]

Lol at a year. Should have had it tuned.

I had a great tune done by local AEM certified tuner on my wideband EMS and got almost 2 years out of my motor...

 

[SiRcivic27]

Yeah yo go to FTJ Distributors

I googled and couldnt find them, link me?

 

[Billy.]

what was the mileage logged on it? should have lasted longer than 23 months IMO if it was professionally tuned



... unless you beat on it daily ?

 

[djrenok]

http://www.fjdistributors.com/

 

[djrenok]

They have a nice bottom end package, perfect for what your looking for.

 

[SiRcivic27]

what was the mileage logged on it? should have lasted longer than 23 months IMO if it was professionally tuned



... unless you beat on it daily ?

15-20K miles on it. I didnt beat it daily with gas prices being the way they are but it was raced (autox) 6-8 days each of the last two summers.

 

[Billy.]

only 20k? im pushing 30k on mine making a good bit more power. other than one of the turbo seals leaking a little oil it runs hard. i was autocrossing all last year with it

what was your motor setup?

 

[hardcore97]

Yeah yo go to FTJ Distributors and cop a Turbo bottom end package comes with Vitaras some custom forged rods, they make them specially for honda motors. Check em out.....Basically u need pistons, rods, rod and main bearings (ACL makes decent ones) and thats pretty much it. I would have the whole motor checked over by a machine shop....head etc...Re-do all the seals, re-seat valves etc....Just to be same....

p.s. do u know why u blew the motor. I can put money on it ur oil pump siezed up and caused you to push a rod..........IF so, id replace the oil pump while ur at it...and get it ported and shimmed..

he cant use vitaras he has a b16

 

[SiRcivic27]

only 20k? im pushing 30k on mine making a good bit more power. other than one of the turbo seals leaking a little oil it runs hard. i was autocrossing all last year with it

what was your motor setup?

2000 USDM B16a2 block and a '93 JDM Head. it was supposed to be a full '00 block and head but I got screwed over so I worked with what I had. I'm thinking about buying an '00 bare head so I finally get the base that I wanted.

he cant use vitaras he has a b16

Yeah when I got there I found all that place sells is stuff for D's

 

[djrenok]

yeah haha i forgot about that...I tryed

 

[SiRcivic27]

9.0:1 or 8.5:1 comp pistons? I need quick response for autox and road racing in the future. I've been trying to research the ideal compression for my usage and wasnt able to find much.

Someone contacted me with a bare B16a3 block for $150 and I'm trying to track down a 99-00 B16a2 head. Any reason an a3 block would be bad besides its from like 94-95?

 

[Destroy]

9.0:1, but don't people prefer to stay NA on the autox?

15-20K miles on it. I didnt beat it daily with gas prices being the way they are but it was raced (autox) 6-8 days each of the last two summers.

My last setup lasted four seasons on the track and dozens of pulls on the dyno. The 2 major factors to a reliable motor is the break in, and the tune. What broke on your current setup?

 

[SiRcivic27]

9.0:1, but don't people prefer to stay NA on the autox?



My last setup lasted four seasons on the track and dozens of pulls on the dyno. The 2 major factors to a reliable motor is the break in, and the tune. What broke on your current setup?

Yes NA would probably be better for autox but I went a different way...

We're not sure yet what happened. I just got it today to my cuz's shop and he's going to start looking at it tomorrow.