Andrew's engine swap (pics)

[eg6sir]

lets see that motor in your car now damnit!! do it, do eeiiit!

 

[Andrew]

I'm at school.. (so much for learning about turbojets)
I'll be home in about 1/2 an hour, and will get to work.
It'll be in and hopefully running today!

 

[eg6sir]

[homer] WOO HOO!![/homer]

 

[E_SolSi]

clean up finished

 

[eg6sir]

much better..

 

[klyph]

did you get ur VTAK plugz?

 

[Andrew]

Yep. I picked up some BKR6IEX's yesterday(GSR plugs).

I just got home, so I'll begin! Updates later

 

[eg6sir]

i dont see how the hell you spent $3600 on this.. for that you coulda dropped a JDM GSR in there.. but awesome none the less..

 

[klyph]

Yeah, but that doesn't include the cost of mounts, shift linkage, axles, ECU, and all the other nickle and dime shit that would make a GSR swap WAY more expensive.

 

[E_SolSi]

Yeah, but that doesn't include the cost of mounts, shift linkage, axles, ECU, and all the other nickle and dime shit that would make a GSR swap WAY more expensive.

you're not allowed to have an oppinion on this... your "swap" would be easier if you simply built a tube frame and bolted 78cvcc body panels to it
all those -40 degree days made you lose your damn mind

 

[eg6sir]

about $3200-$3300 for complete change-over not including mounts.. i thinks its totally doable with $3600

but more props to Andrew for having a built SOHC that'll run with b-series VTECs

 

[klyph]

you're not allowed to have an oppinion on this... your "swap" would be easier if you simply built a tube frame and bolted 78cvcc body panels to it
all those -40 degree days made you lose your damn mind

Eh, It was lost a long time ago. And like the sig says, I don't know shit about Hondas. But I am inadvertantly preferential to the D series, so I applaude Andrew for this killer project

 

[E_SolSi]

 

[formby]

void his warantee by working the engine himself

lets not forget that engines like this have ZERO warantee

 

[phunky.buddha]

Shop and warranty

And pretty much any good shop will warranty their stuff, at least for a little while.

 

[Andrew]

IT RUNS!

Fired it up tonight, but it's not idling. at all. I can hold it steady at 1,000rpm and even lower, and it's great!, but it dies when I let off the throttle.
Steadily throwing code 10 (IAT). It's plugged in, but who knows... just takes time to tweak the kinks out.
Pics and Vids(god it'll take a while for these) on the way! (uploading)

And as far as the engine sounds... it sounds like a $3600 motor should sound like. revs up like a freaking F1 car(thanks to the light flywheel), and sounds badass with the stage 2 cam!
I've got to say. All this work-up about KMS's garbage has pretty much gone away. I'm just happy to hear it run, and not have any valve chatter or anything. It's runs BEA-utifully.

 

[Andrew]

Abel(Taco15) in motion!

My buddy Eli in the red beany, my brother in law, Mac_24_Seven in the Michigan hat, and Abel bolting stuff in.

I even dared to get my hands dirty!

After a bit of tuggin

I'll snap a better "final" picture tomorrow. We're all pretty wiped.
Videos are gonna kick my butt. I'll eventually get the good ones uploaded.

Enjoy!
-Andrew

 

[TurboMirage]

looks hot after the wire tuck!!

 

[eg6sir]

awesome!!

 

[Seany-izzle]

awww its to cute and tiny. that wire tuck really makes it look smaller.

nice work!