Zombine's DC2 tidy-up / rebuild 8/5/12 - Problems, Problems, Problems!

[azuras]

you should hurry up and build the new engine....

lol

Got me a job now man, find out all bout it tonight, i shall be driving a Semi carting steel for Orrcon. should be reasonably good money.

[Zombine]

Small quick update, All pistons have been cleaned and tops have been polished, and are going back in the block which has been re honed to remove a little bit of surface rust from when i degreased it after it had been glass beaded. Block will be put back together by myself (first time ) with new bearings and rings, and a slightly thicker headgasket will be put in to lower the C/R a little. A new oil pump will find its way into the mix along with all the usual rebuild bits (water pump, tensioners etc etc). Block and head will both be skimmed to make sure the surfaces are nice and flat to ensure a good seal of the HG.

Some pieces have been painted ie, vtec solenoid as shown in picture, Some have been polished.

Throttle body was lightly pulled apart and cleaned, had alot of oil gunk in one of the intake runners and had gone up to the back of the throttle plate.

Intake manifold will be painted and then re-assembled, "banana" style manifold will be kept for the time being, and as its a 2 piece manifold (IAB's have been removed), all 8 runners (where it joins) have been matched up and smoothed off with a flap wheel on a die grinder Some pieces were off by as much as 4 - 5mm. Manifold just needs to be port matched to the head. Intake runners still need a bit of smoothing off, That's all thanks to my flap wheel on my die grinder running out of life

All bolts / Bungs / Sensors / Senders have been wire buffed so their like new, Some bolts will be replaced with cap screws (ie, intake manifold bolts).

The head is awaiting new pieces from all over the place, Original valve spring seats will be cleaned and put back in (have been checked for wear), Original valve guides are being kept as they are still in good condition (No play in valve stem), Valve stem seals are being replaced with genuine oem items from honda, Stock rockers have been cleaned, oiled and wrapped and are ready to be put back in, LMA's have been cleaned, oiled and wrapped and are also ready to be put back in, Valve springs and retainers will be replaced with those of the Blox brand, Cams are still undecided as of yet, whether I will run stock for the moment and upgrade later down the track.

Heres some pics.

Pistons before I got serious about cleaning them up All the oil stains around the gudgeon pins have been cleaned off with a spray we have at work called "power tune", its a carburettor cleanor thats designed to remove carbon from inside carby'd engines


One of the pistons all clean and polished up The rest fo them are identical to this ones condition


Throttle body


Backside of throttle body


Intake manifold


VTEC Solenoid

[b_series_power]

are you rebuilding the engine to stardard??

[Zombine]

Bottom end will be for now, but will forge when I can afford or find another short block to replace it with

[b_series_power]

fair enough i wouldnt of bothered to rebuild it to oem specs if i was goen to forge it later do it once, do it right imo

[Zombine]

Yeah well I wasnt going to to begin with, but I decided to not long ago, going to be quite conservative on it when its done and running.

[Zombine]

Just went and picked me up this lip:



Thanks b_series_power. Should make the front end look a bit better once its on and been repainted

[b_series_power]

are you goen to paint it black?? sorry i didnt talk much my throat was still numb as haha

[Zombine]

Lol sweet as. Nah Just white I think as if it was black it would look out of place since there's nothing else black on the car.

[DrRubber]

What did you clean up your TB with ?? or did you give it to old ennex man ??

You need to come over and see what blasphamy I have been commiting

[Zombine]

Removed the plate and used autosol

And oh no what have you done

Edit: Have also acquired a bunch of cap screws to disperse throughout my engine bay - Courtesy of duncan from EDL hamilton Theres 16 more 6mm ones in the house, but i cant be assed going to get them so they can be in the photo

[DrRubber]

WTF are the long ones for ???

[Zombine]

The banana intake manifold

[DrRubber]

ahhh I see.....Cool, now buy some fucking coilovers and slam that boat

[Zombine]

New front lip Couple of fitment issues I'll need to sort out, and a respray for it. Other than that, I like it!

Yes bugs love my car

[b_series_power]

looks good man now sack it haha

[Zombine]

Lol yeah man that's definitely on the cards

[Zombine]

Just scored some Zeal skirts from mark for a ridiculously awesome price Just got to go pick them up, And will get him to sort out my front lip while I'm there. I'll get it all resprayed and refitted so it looks good

They wont be going on the car for good till its sacked though so watch this space - hopefully have some daiyama coilovers coming my way within the next couple of months

[b_series_power]

you cant go that low on daiyama though aye mine are shit set on the lowest it can go

[Zombine]

Really? May have to reconsider then

[b_series_power]

better off getting koni shocks and neuspeed spring unless you really got your eyes set on coilovers

[Zombine]

Needs to be low and eliminate the boat part

[Zombine]

Picked up some coilovers today, Cheers DrRubber for helping putting them in

[Hayce]

Booooom

[DrRubber]

Awww Lance I'm dissapointed.....Thought you'd be too l33t to fall for a basic PS ....

Will look good when its real life tho