[DaRk_MauL]

hey clint,

The raw grinding of first 2 intake ports are done, except for the fine work.
I could do some more work but the valve guides need to be out for that.
Here is what they look like now.




peace enjoy

[speedfoos]

Looks nice Ching, I'll bet you can't wait to get it installed and running.

Speaking of which, head swap is done. Car has been started and the video is uploading right now. Here are a couple pics to tide you over.

The new head just before she went on:




And here I am at a lunch break. At this point the head was torqued on, accessory mounts put back, and that's about it. Still had about 3 hours of work to do before she was ready.

[speedfoos]

And the vid!

YouTube - Speedfoos Stage 2 Crower Cam Startup

[tuningmycivic]

man she's loud.....and that idle sounds kinda funny...

and why do you only have 2 "Spoon" coilpacks now?

[DaRk_MauL]

hey foos you done a good job again getting the head of and replacing it with
the improved one. The engine does sounds alot driffrent with those stage 2
cams.Waiting for tuned vid version......

Yeah i cant wait till i got everything done but it will needs some time.
Oh clint a short quest. with what kind of (dont know the word) do you use
for the apr bolts? It has a different pattren if you know what i mean.
Sorry for the bad english and typos.


@Tuningmycivic : coilpack get hot stickers wont hold.

[speedfoos]

Eat me Tony. My car was just too fast for the Spoon coilpacks. They flew off on the way to work one day and killed a family of midgets who were panhandling on the street corner. I never did get them back. I'm gonna miss those midgets.

Oh, Ching are you talking about what socket to use on the nuts? If so, just use a 12-point socket, vice a standard 6 point one. They take a 12mm. Or are you talking about the Allen wrench used to run the studs themselves down?

If you speak German, post your question in that language. Sorry that I don't know Dutch or Flemish. German is as close as I can get. I'm terrible with languages and can only converse in German and understand what's being said to me in Spanish.

[dopes6070]

Sounds like you got a lot of knocking noise going on. You may want to take a mechanics stethoscope to find the source. It doesnt sound very healthy.

[civic-driver]

glad to see you got it installed and running . is there a tapping noise on the idle or is that just the sound quality on the exhaust noise? cant wait to see another update after a tune. keep up the awesome work. your inspiration to all us do it yourselfers

[greeen01civic4d]

man, i hope that is just a bad tune, and not a valve tap from a bent valve, or timing being off a tooth, i want to see further results, that is aweful loud even for a stage 2 cam

[burke420]

nice exhaust sound... but get it tuned...!

[Civicman1988]

sounds good but sounds like its knocking idk maybe its me

[skipbarber]

that doesnt sound normal to me clint. i have a stage 2 and my car ALMOST idles like stock, granted my head isnt ported and shit, but i wouldnt think itd make it sound like youve got a loose cam in that bitch. the very first time i started my car up it DID sound like that, and it turned out that the car just having lean misses from being set WAY too lean. check out your AFRs and make sure they're normal. and on top of that, my valve train is loud, but not that loud. again, i have a stock head, but i wouldnt think head work would really make it sound that much different. just FWIW..

and merry xmas everyone.

[Jza]

neato

[speedfoos]

Hmmm.. Well, first off, Merry Christmas everyone.

Looks like I have some checking to do. Gonna pop the VC off, check the torque on the rocker assembly, and re-check the valve lash to make sure everything is OK. Then I'll hook up the laptop and see if I can't dial in the tune a little better. Thanks for the suggestions and good to know about the noise level on yours Edwin.

[speedfoos]

OK, so pulled the VC off and readjusted the valve lash. Exhaust valves on number three were at like .25" and intake on two were about the same. Must have messed them up yesterday. I was drinking while adjusting the lash....

Anyway, no clatter like in yesterday's vid, woohoo!! I was able to add a titch more fuel across the board to compensate for the increased air flow of the head, however my idle is still flaky. My guess is it's because the alternator is partially fried. It used to be solid until that day at the track. So off to find an alternator. No sense trying to fine tune until I can get a steady AFR and ignition.

But, no valve clatter, and it idles a lot smoother, almost like stock (like you mentioned Edwin).

Ho ho ho motherfuckers, Merry Christmas!