Hey,
Name's Steve, I live in Melbourne, Australia
Cars called Leelu (as in Leelu Dallas Multi Pass Fifth Element lol)
Own a 1992 Honda Integra DA9 with a B18a1
Running a NA set up atm.
Video of Engine and exhaust
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P7aVTTGYE4
Engine Bay as of 27/07/10
Ok, shall we start off stock, when I first bought the car.
The next thing I did was install a AEM Short Ram intake and the car went on like this for quite some time
Then came November 17 2008, My clutch was completely worn out, called up some places, the prices where kinda shit, then i remembered one of my mates was a Apprentice Mechanic
so called him up, ok so then we noticed that oil was getting into the spark plugs, and it was burning alot of oil.
We concluded the rings were stuffed, later we decided to rebuild the whole engine and hence this whole ordeal began.
First we were delayed by parts not showing up.
So my car remained like this for quite some time
and then after some all nighters and a couple of nightmares which cost me more many, as my driveshaft spiliting, radiotor snapping, and the shitty ordeal of having to customise
one of the engine mounts
the car was complete
so for the running in, we drove to canberra, pretty sweet all the way up
so we got there and finally got to test the car a bit
owned some of the locals in there silly lasers lol
cept for the heavily modifeid s14 lol
the car was awesome!
then one day went through a roundabout full revs on the exit a huge Puff of smoke comes out of the engine.
The horror was back.
We drove home, it seemed it had gone away
We retensioned the head, new oil .
Then we snapped some cam bolts, I went on schoolies the car was left there lol
Came back to bolts stuck in the cams, and the timing was all lost as the cam gears slipped, whoops!
Then finally got my car back officially.
Yet more smoke was coming out
I then got pulled over by the cops, reported to the EPA
So the 2nd rebuild began, mid Jan
We pulled it apart, and decided to measure up the cyclinders
they were ROOTED!
so when i finally managed get it to the engine rebuild place
They bored it out, new pistons, new rings, Lightened flywheel balanced out across the crankshaft, conrods balanced
Beginning of April, Finally got the engine Back
and the reconstruction began again.
The engine was Together at last sry i didnt take any pictures of this happening, most of the ordeal was pretty frustrating, throwing tools
and i threw my fone when someone called me cuz i was frustrated lol
But any how here is the finished product
Some of my favourite pics
So as of Now this what the car is packing
Intake:
Apexi Air filter
CAI
Blox Racing throttle body 66mm
skunk2 Intake manifold
Blox thermal gasket
Head
New valve springs
Head shaved
Edelbrock cam gears
Painted rocker cover and cut the side for easy access to adjust cams (and it looks cool lol)
Skunk 2 billet camseal
Skunk 2 oil cap
Block
Shaved off Top
Bored out 0.5mm
New pistons
New rings
Oil wells in block, cleaned out
Crankshaft and conrods balanced
Drive Train
Xtreme Lightened flywheel Weight approximately 3.9kg
Exedy Heavy Duty Clutch
Gearbox inspected for wear all good and the shifter put back in place cuz my mate was silly and opened it
Short Shifter
New Recoed Drive shafts
Exhaust
Spoon Sports Extractors (pretty sure there fake but thats what they say lol)
New oxy sensor
Hi Flow cat
full performance exhaust
Suspension
Front Ultra Racing strut customised to fit DA9, cut and welded then painted blue
Rear Strut Bars
whiteline 22mm Sway bar
Eibach Springs
Koni Yellows
Brakes
Rear
DBA 4000 series Slotted
Bendix Ultimates
Braided Lines
Front
(hoping for similar set up)
but for now
Stock Rotors
Bendix CT
Braided Lines
Wheels and Tyres
G-Max Drift 6 17"
Sumitomo HTR Z II
Sound System
Clarion Headunit
alpine type s splits for front
Clarion Rears
15inch Clarion Subwoofer
6000w Modified Powervox 5ch Amp
Others
New engine mounts
New used radiator
Blue Ground Wiring Kit
Spoon Sports radiator cap
skunk2 brake master sock
running 15w30 Castrol Edge
New Tailgate Struts
Gates Racing radiator hoses
Future plans
Hondata S300 and tune
Xforce Headers 4-2-1
Gearbox rebuild with LSD
and ultimately I want to turbo it
Currently working on getting it to make power higher
i got Brian Crower Stage 2 N/A cams sitting in my room
along with Titanium Retainers, and dual springs
Waiting on my Girdle and all those goodies to strenghen block, and then tune and hopefully rev to 10000RPM xD
CHEERS!
start her up yet?