So, since the forum was down, I got bored....so I started back on the crx build...so far, the block is done, and the head is almost done....just a few more valve springs to get on, and then I can slap it on the block...and start the turbo plumbing. I've offered it up for sale as is...all or nothing...on a different site... I need money. Or I'll just sell off the mugen stuff, and the civic parts car, and a few other things, and keep the CRX as a stock sleeper at 9psi. I first have to build it and tune it to pass emmisions, and once it's back on the road, then a few hours to slap the turbo on it and tune......if someone doesn't offer me a lot of mone for it.
The Block. It came out of a parts car that SiSteve sold me, (AKA Bob Vila) and I had it dipped with everything still put together. well, I took apart the conrods, and the bearings still look new, but one of the pistons was fubar...so I popped a piston from my other si engine...slapped them on a scale, they were the same weight, and plugged away. Slapped the oilpan on with a dainport for the turbo oil return, and honed the cylinder walls, crosshatched them, and checked and cleaned each ring. Everything back together and it rotates smooth and nice.
The Head. Stock si head, ported and polished, new valve guide seals, cleaned all the valves, replaced the exhaust valve that burned thru and caused the car to die, and lapped the valves to the seats for a while to get them to match perfectly. And then the 3 layer metal Cometic head gasket....and thats about as exotic as I'm going to go on that.
whats left to do....I still have to pull the tranny from the civic I have, I like the way it shifts...like butter. And swap out the Phantom grip LSD that I have in my CRX trany, and bolt it up to the lightened flywheel, and matched to the ACT heavy duty pressure plate, and a new Exedy clutch disk. Then drop that into the car and tune it to NA, see how it runs, and then plan for the turbo build. A decent little TD04/14b or a mint T25 will go in... right now the manifold I have, has a TD04/13B on it, so I might just swap the compressor section out with the 14b and run with that. A new Civc half rad for cooling, and an FMU for the gas.
Anyways...time for the pics....
Small engine....big pic....
and the rest here....
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The Block. It came out of a parts car that SiSteve sold me, (AKA Bob Vila) and I had it dipped with everything still put together. well, I took apart the conrods, and the bearings still look new, but one of the pistons was fubar...so I popped a piston from my other si engine...slapped them on a scale, they were the same weight, and plugged away. Slapped the oilpan on with a dainport for the turbo oil return, and honed the cylinder walls, crosshatched them, and checked and cleaned each ring. Everything back together and it rotates smooth and nice.
The Head. Stock si head, ported and polished, new valve guide seals, cleaned all the valves, replaced the exhaust valve that burned thru and caused the car to die, and lapped the valves to the seats for a while to get them to match perfectly. And then the 3 layer metal Cometic head gasket....and thats about as exotic as I'm going to go on that.
whats left to do....I still have to pull the tranny from the civic I have, I like the way it shifts...like butter. And swap out the Phantom grip LSD that I have in my CRX trany, and bolt it up to the lightened flywheel, and matched to the ACT heavy duty pressure plate, and a new Exedy clutch disk. Then drop that into the car and tune it to NA, see how it runs, and then plan for the turbo build. A decent little TD04/14b or a mint T25 will go in... right now the manifold I have, has a TD04/13B on it, so I might just swap the compressor section out with the 14b and run with that. A new Civc half rad for cooling, and an FMU for the gas.
Anyways...time for the pics....
Small engine....big pic....
and the rest here....
Untitled
