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Jesse · **Posted:** Sun May 11, 2008 4:35 pm

got a b18a1 nonvtec i wanna have the head rebuilt cleaned and so on. but dont know where to go...anyone have a good shop to send it to? also what all should be replaced on it when i put it back together, i got stage 2 skunk2 cams, aem cam gears, and new head gasket. any performance valves or retainers or anything?

Integraguy04 · **Posted:** Sun May 11, 2008 4:58 pm

if u really wanna spend the money get a head from JG Dynamics...

imsleepn · **Posted:** Mon May 12, 2008 2:07 pm

Jesse wrote:

got a b18a1 nonvtec i wanna have the head rebuilt cleaned and so on. but dont know where to go...anyone have a good shop to send it to? also what all should be replaced on it when i put it back together, i got stage 2 skunk2 cams, aem cam gears, and new head gasket. any performance valves or retainers or anything?

skunk2 doesn't make cams for the non vtec head .... try crower or crane there good.. i prefer crane ....they don't crack

get ferrea valves dvs and titanium retainers and a 3 angle valve job and your good or get it pnp for better results ....

Jesse · **Posted:** Mon May 12, 2008 4:54 pm

that sucks, skunk2 makes some good cams, o well, then i'm gettin crane...whats the diff. between the stages like 1 2 and so on?

4sd4dr · **Posted:** Mon May 12, 2008 5:01 pm

I might be wrong but I think the difference between a stage 1 and stage 2, etc cam would be... lift and duration... possibly overlap... I dunno.

There are a few things to figure out when choosing a cam. Are you going to open the motor up at all?

Power is distributed like this.

20% made by mods in the shortblock

80% made by mods in the head

stuff you need to think about before choosing parts.

I think the first two stages from crane will work with stock valve train and an otherwise stock engine.

mp82 · **Posted:** Mon May 12, 2008 5:41 pm

Are you planning on boosting or all motor? I'm guess all motor since you mention skunk 2. Try these website, they have the spec. Couldn't really find any spec on crane camshaft.

crower
http://www.crower.com/cat/import/honda/cams/b18ab.shtml

brian crower
http://briancrower.com/makes/honda/b18ab18b.shtml

web cams (not the real web cams web site but they sell them and has the spec.)
http://www.importperformanceparts.net/i ... acura.html

Jesse · **Posted:** Mon May 12, 2008 7:56 pm

thanks man, this motor will be all motor, i have another b18a1 in my shop i am slowly building for turbo, dont know a whole lot bout the builds on motors, so i appreciate all the help and hope you guys can keep helping me on the build. just kinda learning on my own as i go.

mp82 · **Posted:** Tue May 13, 2008 6:00 am

no problem

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