Came back from vacation and got a new motor the next day!!

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Came back from vacation and got a new motor the next day!!

By fresh eh2*
- Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:22 pm #10157 so i got home from vacation came to work the next day started checking out the local junkyards websites and i found this b16, came out of a 94 del sol vtec....103k miles, complete motor minus distrbuter axles were also included. the guy wanted 950 i said i had 840 in my pocket(which was a lie i had another 300 dollers in my other pocket ahaha :lol: ) he thought about it for a second and he was like how you gonna get it to your house i said i got a truck outside he said ok and started making the reciete ahaha but yeah he said the motor ran great b4 they took it out. car was owned by a older guy good compression results all across drove perfect so i bought it.

I havent touched it since i got it so tommarrow i plan to clean it and take it apart and start working on it. I plan to replace all the gaskets,seals, main bearings rod bearings replace water pump,t-belt,t-belt tentioner repaint the valve cover upgrade the cams and intake manifold.ill take some pics of it tommarrow while im cleaning it.
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By ChicagoMike
- Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:29 pm #10159 Good find, great price!! :thumb:
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By chnzgoofball
- Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:52 pm #10163 great find!! talked him down by 110 dollars :thumb:
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By -EJ1- COUPE
- Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:26 pm #10175 sick find lucky bastard :woot:
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By stefan
- Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:41 pm #10180 Good job on the price mate, let's hope it's as good as he told you :)
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By sihatch9508
- Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:50 am #10241
fresh eh2* wrote:
stefan wrote:Good job on the price mate, let's hope it's as good as he told you :)

That's what I'm thinkin lol


same here. lol
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By Greasedmonkey
- Fri Jun 08, 2007 1:43 am #10242 I got ones of those lines from the guy I got my motor from. Im not putting on a new head, since the leak down test I did after the compresion test I did FAIL with flying colors. 70 PSI across the board on the compression and almost 100% leakdown from the intake and exhaust valves.
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By vtec_gloucester
- Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:43 pm #10272 look forward to c'in some progress piccys. :thumb:
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By fresh eh2*
- Fri Jun 08, 2007 2:17 pm #10287 yea that shyt better work when i turn the key lol but yea ill take some pics 2day and post them up either later 2day or tommarrow.....oh yeah i also decided to replace the piston rings while im at it so hopefully all its all worth it when i have it in the car.
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By stefan
- Fri Jun 08, 2007 3:31 pm #10296
fresh eh2* wrote:I plan to replace all the gaskets,seals, main bearings rod bearings replace water pump,t-belt,t-belt tentioner repaint the valve cover upgrade the cams and intake manifold.


Nice list :)
What I'm gonna do more than that when I get my new engine, late this year...
New pistonrings, OEM
Type R oilpump, OEM
Clean the cilinderhead, and have the valves refitted (I don't know how to call it in English, but you regrind the valves to their seats, so you don't have any loss in compression).

Also, a Skunk2 pro series intake manifold and a Hondata headshield, a larger t/b and that combination is very, very helpfull gaining HP ;)

Maybe you should take a look into doing that as well :)
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By fresh eh2*
- Sat Jun 09, 2007 12:41 pm #10444 ok ppl yesterday i started working on my motor i first took off the valve cover put some paint stripper on it and let it sit for about 10 to 15 min b4 i started scrapping the old paint. the old paint wasnt in really good condition it started chipping badly so i was like fuck it might as well repaint it so i did that and scraped off most of the paint but theres still lil bits of paint here and there
when i took off the valve cover everything looked pretty clean, the timming belt looks maybe not even a yr old all the belts look like they are pretty new which kinda made me feel better about the motor because it looks like the previous owner took pretty good care of it. so then i removed the p.s pump and the ac from the motor and i started to take off the nuts off the exhaust manifold to take them off so i can clean the motor.
today i plan on removing the headers from the motor.... i got 3 cans of carb cleaner soak it down and clean it real good. ill take some b4 and after pics of the motor how it is now and after i clean it.

anyways heres the pics i told u guys i would take not the best pics cuz i took them with my sidekick3 camra real quick but i promise ill get better ones 2day.
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i would of got more done yesterday but my friends gt3s came in yesterday so we went to get the tires mounted which took maddd long but heres a quick pic i took of his car with the new wheels
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By vtec_gloucester
- Sat Jun 09, 2007 1:52 pm #10449 great choice of wheels, look great on the coupe :thumb:
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