My slow but sure EK4 build up!

class build lad, howerever looks wise i would put oem type r bumpers on and fully color code and slam it real low, would be unreal!
will be class with the new engine in, will be watching this space

Very nice build up man are you on dtdirl?

021-bennettt said:

Very nice build up man are you on dtdirl?

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he is but he's not elite yet so cant make a preject thread

leeK9 said:

he is but he's not elite yet so cant make a preject thread

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Yea, boo to that crap!
Leigh, surely you have some clout on there now!

Mugen88 said:

awesome build ted, cant wait to see it again

i know whats coming and all of yous dont hahahaha lol


wanna do my rocker lol oj lol

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and a carbon bonnet.

red one looks a little fadedmaybe im wrong. car looks class tho.

canavan123 said:

looks wise i would put oem type r bumpers on and fully color code and slam it real low, would be unreal!
will be class with the new engine in, will be watching this space

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Cheers lad, will be ek9 bumpers on her at some stage before the respray. But she'll not be goin low! Whats the point in a car you cant drive fast every now and again?!

Well maybe slightly lower, but nothing unpractical.
I'm building this to be driven, not nursed!

WAZ-4169 said:

red one looks a little fadedmaybe im wrong. car looks class tho.

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Aye, its f*$ked! Damn milano pink lol!
She'll be getting a full respray + underseal to sort all these nigglies out....

Update time!

Got my OEM bits from Honda!
Headset, oil pump, timing belt and bottom end seal set.



So, I regrinded all my valves again, because 1 has a tiny dent in the face of it so i had to re-seat that one anyway so just did the lat again to be double sure everything was spot on!







So i then cleaned the head up to get rid of any unwanted bits and pieces with petrol and a hi powered airline.


Then fired on my new valve stem seals....


And to cap off last night's productivity i replaced the oil and water pumps....

Hopefully have it all buttoned up today. More to come soon....

That is awesome mate, I would love to have the knowledge to do that sort of thing. I wouldnt want to do it as a job, as it would spoil my hobby. To be able to take an engine apart and work on it and make it mint like that would be the best. Wish I had a mate like you to teach me stuff like that. Full credit to you.

Ben

HornetSting said:

That is awesome mate, I would love to have the knowledge to do that sort of thing. I wouldnt want to do it as a job, as it would spoil my hobby. To be able to take an engine apart and work on it and make it mint like that would be the best. Wish I had a mate like you to teach me stuff like that. Full credit to you.

Ben

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Cheers man! To be honest i read books on this and really fromiliarised myself with the engine before touching anthing. Its best to know how it works, so you can see why something is designed a certain way to do its particular job.

I haver never built an engine before so its a learnig experience too, but my uncke builds bike engines every now and again, has about 25 years experience at it so its always handy to just ask him if there is anything i'm unsure of.

Here's alink to the book i bought for doing this build:

How to Rebuild Honda B-Series Engines: Civic, Integra, CRX, Prelude, del Sol - 9781932494785

Although tis book is really good for mechanical tips and hints, it dosen't have torque settings for bolts so i also have a HAYNES manual for this info.

Anyway, today's update:
Put the head gasket and dowels on, ready for the head to go on


Started to replace the main crank seal:


Main crank seal on, note nice wee bead of hondabond around it:




Put the head on, and torqued it into place:


Next i put on my Fidanza flywheel and exedy clutch:


As my engine sits now, forgot a wee box of bits and pieces at home so will install the cams and finish it all off tomorrow all going well:




Comments and criticism welcome...

Great build man, love it

Thanks mate, thanks for the book recommendation. I will look into that. I saw that amazon.co.uk sell it, so I think that will be purchased. I enjoy reading books like that even if I dont ever do the practical. I will have to pick up a haynes manual while I am at it too.

Keep us up to date.

Fairplay on the build, nice work so far

Update, again!

Started installing the cams today...


Both cams in, starting to torque them down in this pic....


Cam caps torqued down in sequence, plenty of engine lube on the cam lobes, then a wee clean to the cam caps...



Timing belt on, cams at TDC and start to take up tension on the timing belt...



Cam cover on, all ready for painting now!







And finally, a couple of random pics of my uncle's Harley Davidson V-Rod. Nice!!!




Now to start on the bloody bodywork! Cant believe the engine was the easy part!

tedman said:

Cheers man! To be honest i read books on this and really fromiliarised myself with the engine before touching anthing. Its best to know how it works, so you can see why something is designed a certain way to do its particular job.

I haver never built an engine before so its a learnig experience too, but my uncke builds bike engines every now and again, has about 25 years experience at it so its always handy to just ask him if there is anything i'm unsure of.

Here's alink to the book i bought for doing this build:

How to Rebuild Honda B-Series Engines: Civic, Integra, CRX, Prelude, del Sol - 9781932494785

Although tis book is really good for mechanical tips and hints, it dosen't have torque settings for bolts so i also have a HAYNES manual for this info.

Anyway, today's update:
Put the head gasket and dowels on, ready for the head to go on

Started to replace the main crank seal:

Main crank seal on, note nice wee bead of hondabond around it:

Put the head on, and torqued it into place:

Next i put on my Fidanza flywheel and exedy clutch:

As my engine sits now, forgot a wee box of bits and pieces at home so will install the cams and finish it all off tomorrow all going well:

Comments and criticism welcome...

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So your not a mechanic you just read those books and when your stuck you ask your uncle man i take my hat off to you...

colliemcc said:

So your not a mechanic you just read those books and when your stuck you ask your uncle man i take my hat off to you...

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Sorry for the late reply lol! Yea thats pretty much it man! My uncle is so handy at stuff like this, fair play to him for giving me a hand with it. Wish he'd give me a hand with the bodywork

Update time again! Well sort of!

Still gathering up bits and pieces all the time, trying to get parts sprayed up and stuff but the cold weather is not helping at all!

Anyway a few bits:

Got a Spoon magnetic sump and gearbox plug set, thanks to Stuarty7.

In original box with "Super Autobacs" price tag still on it lol!







Started working on me glovebox too. As i'm doing a wire tuck, there's not much point in having the fuseboxes on show in the bay so i'm rewlocating them to my glovebox.

For starters i got a spare one from a EJ9 to practice on, cos i didn't want to make a balls of my EK4 black one!

So i cut bits out of it and mounted the engine fusebox and ABS fusebox, for a trial fitting. Looked like this:

Roughly cut and trial fitted:



Hole was way too big *note to self lol!




So here's the modified EK4 box now, note much smaller hole this time!





Much smaller hole yet still loads of room to do the connections at the back, whilst still not able to see any wires at all.



And here's the finished box, Looks fairly neat if i do say so myself!



Plan is to try and fit 2 gauges in there too, oil pressure and temp, to keep an eye on things when i start the B18 up for the first time, can't wait for that!

* Just a note to anyone tring the fusebox tuck *

The hole that i had cut out is barely big enough to get the wires into. I fitted it last night but i had serious difficulty getting all this fuse box plugs connected. It is possible, but like i said its a serious tight squeeze. i'll take a few pics to show ya'll, will edit this soon...


This is what the glovebox looks like when opened:





Here i had to remove part of the plastic returned lip to help taking off the fusebox lid. Looks way better in person lol!




And here's what it looks like from the back with the box closed. Frickin hard to get these shots!







HTH anyone doing this!

Other bits i've been working on:

My freshly sprayed gearbox...







And started stripping the B18c inlet mani and TB for spraying, all cleaned down with thinners, but wont come any cleaner than the last 2 pics. Still looks filthy!







Nearly all ready for spraying now. More to come soon....