After two months of being in the shop my car is finally done. I personally put a b16a sir II motor in my 94 civic ex. After i got it in it was slower than my d16z6. I took it into a shop and they put a new timing belt on it and AEM adjustable cam gears. They timed it perfectly. Me and the mechanic took it for a spin around the parking lot. It was still really slow. When we pulled back into the shop the transmission wouldn't go into gear anymore. So i left it there. They took the tranny off and inspected it.
Ok here is my dumbass moment, i know most of you have had one of these before. When I installed the new clutch when the motor was out of the car, I totally overlooked the pilot bearing. So the clutch was totally destroyed. They put a new clutch in and then we drove it again and it STILL WAS SLOW. Now i'm thinking my dumbass moment destoryed the transmission. Well it sat there for a couple of weeks due to $$$. I took it back and they finally figured out that
1) I needed a new fuel pump
2) The fuel regulator that came with the motor was a SOHC (thats what the shop told me).
They replaced both of those and it runs amazing now.
so pretty much the whole problem for it being slow wasn't with the motor it was just the fuel pump and regulator.
The whole project ended up costing around $5000. I know that alot but I learned so much by putting the motor in myself and definetly learned from the mistakes I made. I dont regret it one bit.
I know someone on here will be a dick but i am glad i made the mistake becuase I think we learn best from the mistakes we make.
Now i was wondering if you guys could give me some advice on a exhuast system. I am going to go turbo so I would like to purchase a 3inch system. Any suggestions on specific systems? Would like it to be quite.
Any advice on which turbo kit? Its a daily drive so I don't need anything too radical.
Thats for all the advice that you gave me during my swap.
Leon
Ok here is my dumbass moment, i know most of you have had one of these before. When I installed the new clutch when the motor was out of the car, I totally overlooked the pilot bearing. So the clutch was totally destroyed. They put a new clutch in and then we drove it again and it STILL WAS SLOW. Now i'm thinking my dumbass moment destoryed the transmission. Well it sat there for a couple of weeks due to $$$. I took it back and they finally figured out that
1) I needed a new fuel pump
2) The fuel regulator that came with the motor was a SOHC (thats what the shop told me).
They replaced both of those and it runs amazing now.
so pretty much the whole problem for it being slow wasn't with the motor it was just the fuel pump and regulator.
The whole project ended up costing around $5000. I know that alot but I learned so much by putting the motor in myself and definetly learned from the mistakes I made. I dont regret it one bit.
I know someone on here will be a dick but i am glad i made the mistake becuase I think we learn best from the mistakes we make.
Now i was wondering if you guys could give me some advice on a exhuast system. I am going to go turbo so I would like to purchase a 3inch system. Any suggestions on specific systems? Would like it to be quite.
Any advice on which turbo kit? Its a daily drive so I don't need anything too radical.
Thats for all the advice that you gave me during my swap.
Leon