I know this is an older video, but holy shit thank you for the super in detail videos dude. I just built my first engine/D series and that screw driver trick for the head studs saved me so much time.
I like watching people put motor together... I just love engines that much... especially underdogs... I'll never forget the first time I went for a ride in a boosted Mini-Me that was built. I remember one time we were driving along and it started making a clattering sound and I thought we spun a rod bearing or something and he was all nonchalant pullover. He threw a couple quarts of oil in it hopped back in the passenger seat and said let's go so I started it up it sounded fine... I was in awe. It ran for over another year at 32 lb of boost with a 60-1 in it. Oh I thought I'd bring this up. either I've been using my ring compressor backwards or you are. you're supposed to be able to tighten it up while the Piston is sliding in.
juan cindo that's what I was going for everybody just shows the beginning and the end and that's it I wanted to bring confidence to anyone that wants to build a engine
brings me back when I did my z6 build.. I had bisimoto valve springs and retainers a level 2.3 camshaft for turbo an nitrous elimates Vtec. acl oil pump wellpro fuel pump srt4 injectors arias pistons on a godspeed ebay turbo it did got around 410hp with 398whp.. I skipped a lot of other parts I had in it but good video bro
Nice engine build... just to give you a heads-up you're using your piston ring compressor upside down. When the horizontal band goes around the Rings it tightens the Rings a little tighter than the rest of the Piston making it easier to go into the block. Also really surprised you didn't clean the deck or the head before putting the head on.
About to start my build here in Australia! D15B7 block is at the machine shop and D16Z6 head will be looked at soon, sourcing the bottom end from the states too
Will do! I will try to do a video of my engine build too, I would be happy to make 300+atw, it will run on E85 eventually so I need to work out what injectors to use and what fuel pump to use next Finding parts in Australia is proving to be difficult!
Honda How To im starting mine. z6, vitaras and eagle rods. im taking the bottom end to the machine shop next week to get the cylinders bored and get the block notched. also i dnt think yu showed thr notching procedure, if yu had done it urself or not or how it looks. that would be something good to incorporate into your how to. ill be starting my videos soon on my build
Love the video but you forgot to say that the piston rings have a mark that need to go face up number or something 😊😊 and hit the piston alitter bit softer because you not want they hit the crankshaft sorry
Don't know if you did this before hand/off camera. Aren't you suppose to place the piston rings inside the cylinder first, use the piston to guide it in evenly, then measure the gap and file down until you reach a certain thickness? I remember having to do this on my wife's 03 Santa Fe and brothers '79 305 big block.
Alfredo Pacheco Jr You are correct. I set the ring gaps before I made the video. A lot of people have commented about that. I'm kind of beating myself up about it because I didn't think anybody would want to see it.
I don’t think he did that because it all come to building an engine he’s not going to admit it... but if your building an engine show everything .... that’s one major process to turbo engine building Good luck like the vids... ...
Thanks for all the info. I was going to buy a d16 off of ebay to build but its obviously going to be dirty and used, and not like what you have in the video. Will i need to get it re sleaved or anything and should i shoot for cleaning it up to what u have in the video or is that even possible.
Depends on how much power you are looking for, anything under 300hp it would hold that no problem, past that on a d series, I would either sleeve it or send it off to css like we did
Im a young enthusiast(15) and am very curious and how would you say eager to build my own engine as more of a learning tool(an old junkyard engine or whatso) the only problem is that i live in a apartment soooo... life sucks just cuz not being about to do car things(would you recomend me doing so)
Taz Grant already checked the ring gaps before I started these videos lol. Sooo many people asked me about that. I should have just said something about it lol
jevvy boss it really all depends on what your building for. If its naturally aspirated then you can run a tight ring gap. If your running a little bit of boost you might want to widen the gap a bit. We are running alot of boost so our ring gap is really high. I would rather have this engine have a little bit of blow by than blowing out the rings. Thats what they make oil catch cans for lol.
What name brand rod bearings and piston rings did you use? I have rods and pistons ready, about to build by z6. Not sure on rings and bearings though? Thanks in advance!
he used the install tool upside down.The band closest to the end goes to the block ,that way it keeps the full tightness of the band on the ring.they're are also 3 protrusions on the bottom that helps keep the thin metal from going into the cylinder sleeve.he's right about the lube,use oil and lots of it.the rest of the build looks great.
Drew K sorry it took so long. The video took weeks to upload the video kept corrupting every time I tried to upload it. but I kept at it and finally figured a way to get it out. it's missing some clips from the video, but it is what it is. I'm glad you like the video.
Definitely worth the wait, no worries here. Btw how much is Trent's build costing so far? And do you guys have an estimate for how much the whole build costs?
Drew K You know I will put up a build sheet for the next video and I will put it in there, it will be out a lot faster then this video. And it's a lot of money like I keep telling people they don't have to build a engine like this but he has money and this is the way he wanted it lol.
awesome Job man. could i get a list of all the mods categorized by each section of the engine block? im pretty new to this and i just want to research and learn about the parts you used. Thanks!
Lawrence Noun Ok starting from the block up. Stock cranckshaft, the block is notched, eagle h-beam connecting rods, ARP main studs, 9:1 compression JE pistons, cylinder support systems block guard, ACL racing oil pump, cometic 3 layer metal head gasket, ARP head studs, ported and polished cylinder head, suptertech valves, springs, and retainers, brian crower stage 2 cam, vms adjustable cam gear, gates racing blue timing belt, edlebrock performer x intake manifold, Grams 1150cc injectors, skunk2 70mm throttle body, 4 bar map sensor, competition stage 4 clutch, and a fidanza flywheel. The engine is completely balanced and blueprinted. And for engine management we are using a Hondata S300. whew lol
is the cam oem or aftermarket. how much was the short block it looks like its been sleeved? there another channel "boostedboiz" that built a d-series and they hire over 400hp at like 30psi but they drilled and tapped the block for b-series head studes
Kyle Arnold well the head is not stock. It has a stage 2 Brian crower turbo cam, and it has a full supertech valvetrain, so it has supertech valves, springs and retainers. And the block isn't sleeved, a company called Cylinder Support Systems did a guard in the block. And the Cylinder Support Systems can handle almost as much as sleeves. There's a 900hp s2000 running on a css block which is pretty cool.
Hi Honda How To, I am planning on running an eagle rod/vitara piston combo on my d16z6 with a fairly large turbo (gt3071r) and its pretty laggy up until 4k rpms. I was considering leaving the head stock, but I want to rev higher as the turbo will make good power on the top end. Which valve springs and retainers are you running? I have been having trouble on deciding what to get. Thanks!
Daniel Rangel we are running a full supertech turbo valvetrain, valves, springs, and retainers. And we are also running a Brian Crower stage 2 turbo cam as well, and it's ported and polished with a pretty agressive valve job. The head should rev over 8k with no problems. Maybe 8.5k that would be sweet. lol
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It was fine, but I only torqued them higher because that's what ARP recommended, but if it's factory stuff, I would just go by what the book says. I have an app on my phone called Honda database, and it has all torque specs for each series of engines, super helpful!
@@jalis812-gaming6 you bet, and I have heard of people going over their specifications with success, but only if you are having head lift problems etc.
We used JE pistons, but you don't necessarily need to use such an expensive piston for your build. You could use Vitara pistons, they are reasonably priced, and strong
@@hondahowto Thank you. Also down in the threads i read about the Cylinder Support systems. the guard they added to the block. What actually do they add to make it better or reinforced?
@@Gezuzu23 if you got to their website it will tell you, it's like a block guard but it's more rigid and it's anchored into the block. They have engines that are creeping up close to 1000hp on stock sleeves. Pretty insane
Red Panda even stock tourqe would be good for a low boost setup. Over tourqe specs isn't really a good thing to do, but I did it because the engine is going to see over 20 psi of boost. And I'm not sure what you mean by calibrated the head?
Red Panda you bet. they make turbo kits specifically for keeping a/c. I've heard that you have to modify it a little bit but not much. All the cars I've ever turboed haven't had a/c.
master Yang I measured all the clearances before I made these videos. I get that a lot lol. Im actually from ND but im a die hard gopher fan. I just hate UND lol.
Wow that's awesome! thank you for sharing your experience with us! I have an EJ8 that might blowup soon so I am gathering information for the rebuild and potential turbo set up.
Blia Thao to dial in a cam it all depends. Any cylinder head work, stuff like that. And with a bisi x that's a pretty agressive cam, so you would need to look into some engine management like a hondata s300
im tuning on hondata s300 my setup y8 port head supertech valvetrain stock cams until dial in bisi lvl x fic 2150cc darton MID sleeved D16y8 bore 78mm eagle rods, cp pistons port y8 oil pump stock tranny action 2md clutch walbro 450 in pump Bosch 044 inline sheepy foward facing twinscroll manifold 2 turbosmart hypergate 45 pte 6062 sheepey 3.5in intercoler just waiting on some other parts to come in and then tune after i someone to dial in my cams good luck with the built. like to see these single slamming down the road
Blia Thao that's a pretty impressive setup you gotta let me know how that twin scroll works out I'm kind of curious. And that bisi cam that's what we were going to run but it was a little too aggressive for our street setup.
Blia Thao I would think someone would have to screw with your hondata to get that thing to run on that cam. Maybe screw with the timing a bit. I've never really screwed with a cam that insane before. Just pretty mild stuff.
Andy Smith more clamping force with forced induction stock head bolts will stretch under pressure and cause head lift, which will blow head gaskets all day. If your running turbo I would never run stock head bolts
Hey man..i know this video is old but I want to change my piston rings and need some but the dealer price are too expensive. Where you get yours. ? I have a D17A2 engine, civic, 75mm bore.
@@declanosbourne62 i just got them from ebay. I think ebay gets alot of flack because everybody thinks that they only sell cheap Chinese turbo kits. Well thats not the case. If you look at ebay there is alot of high end performance places that sell their products through ebay just for ease of selling. Ive bought anything from eagle connecting rods to arp head studs to skunk2 intake manifolds from speed shops on ebay.
No it has JE pistons eagle h-beam connecting rods, and the cylinder head has a Brian Crower stage 2 cam with supertech valves, valve springs and retainers
Mindaugas Berteska to blueprint an engine. You measure every components clearences and make sure they are within spec. And most people balance all of the internals as well.
Mindaugas Berteska my bad dude. Yes it was blueprinted before the videos, I just never recorded it. We went crazy with balancing as well we even balanced the clutch and flywheel as well.
caliboi1695 its not sleeved its kind of like a block guard but better. Its a company called cylinder support systems. It was only about 350 bucks and I have used them before and they are insane.
@@matmanplays3613 block is stock, with cylinder support systems milled guard, and the head is stock, but it has full supertech valvetrain and a Brian Crower cam in it. I would recommend Cylinder Support Systems, they do some insane work, any they are reasonable on price.
@@hondahowto thank you. I have a f22b2 accord wagon I'm trying to find a decent camshaft for know any brands that carry camshafts for that specific engine ? Or is it better to do a swap
Slackerz Sincity no they are not. I gapped them myself before I made the videos and I kind of regret not recording it because I get that question a lot
Honda How To also... great video... watched all the parts. only thing I didn't get to understand was camshaft and timing. my car is in a shop getting motor replaced cause my last motor is knocking. question.... I have basic mechanical and learning deeply about rebuilding ect... should I keep my bad motor and attempt to rebuilt it myself by following these steps.
Adam Hiser you could sure try. chances are that on that old engine the crankshaft is bad. I'm sure it spun a bearing of some sort. But if you did want to you would probably need a different crankshaft. Thank you btw
Honda How To from you experience... is older cars now considered classics hard to keep racing due to parts available on market. I want to buy a Nissan skyline r32 hats your recommendation on old classic cars especially ones people will race.
CSS block, JE pistons, eagle rods, ARP head bolts, Brian Crower camshaft, supertech valvetrain, Edelbrock preformer x intake manifold, Grams 1150cc injectors, skunk2 70mm throttle body, ACL orbital race oil pump, hondata 4 bar map sensor, ACL main and rod bearings, and it is tuned on e85 on a hondata s300 v3
morphinepk it was just to guide people in the right direction im going to be building a b series soon that will be full detail. Clearances ring gap all that good stuff
