[andyman97]

The ecus are identical. The programming of the ecu's are identical. Al kpro is the same. I ran a k20a2 map for 2 1/2 hours on the drive to my first tuning session.

[Rufus]

Originally Posted by andyman97

The ecus are identical. The programming of the ecu's are identical. Al kpro is the same. I ran a k20a2 map for 2 1/2 hours on the drive to my first tuning session.

This was all a dream Andy. Those girls were also in it, the ones with the big thingies and you kept motorboating them. A dream. Remember?

[Drivetofast]

why not just to a k20 swap and turbo that???

[dopes6070]

because to many of us its fun to build an underdog... Honestly I would rather have 400whp on a D series then 500 on a K, only because its done way less often.

[Drivetofast]

Originally Posted by dopes6070

because to many of us its fun to build an underdog... Honestly I would rather have 400whp on a D series then 500 on a K, only because its done way less often.

ya i agree so i built my K20a2 but looking abck on it i would have rather built a K24

[tuningmycivic]

Originally Posted by speedfoos

Andy if your question was to me, you should be drug out into the street and shot. That is Master Chief's helmet. From Halo. The best game.

Ever. kick yourself Andy....NOW Hit me up on Live sometime Clint. SniperBait728 (don't let the name fool ya )

For you military folks, 3-month deployments on relaxed grooming standards followed by 30 days of leave are the only way to go. This way I get to legally grow a goatee once a year. you look funny with facial hair

2. I'm fucking tired.
I spent 6 hours on the lawn today and got half of it done. My wife has ruptured discs in her lower back so she wasn't able to do a lot of yardwork while I was gone. I'll snap some pic of it in the morning, but I still have a lot of 'yard reclamation' to do and trees to prune. This fucking country is like a rain forest in the summer. if you think it's hot now, it'll still be 80+ when you get here in September, well into November

Oh. Here's a picture of some boobs.


this is just wrong as all hell

whatever happened to you ordering slicks? did somebody steal them off my porch before I or the wife got home? oh yeah, WELCOME BACK YO!!!

[DaRk_MauL]

Originally Posted by andyman97

^Hmm, funny, now that you mention it, so is mine...

Ah so it looks like yes, ill post a pic from the back but it looks very much the
same.

[emjay]

Originally Posted by Rufus

The K and D series engines aren't even similar. I'd call Hondata because I don't think buying a K series Kpro is going to do much for you.

i already called hondata and did some reading they are identical .. u jus need the cam gear to make it work and the ecu's plug right in .. same pins they line up i even knew that part lol

a built D series will spank a k20 with low boost and the cost for the two is very similar.. a k20 with low 6-7 psi puts down 250-300 .. a d17 built easily puts down 350-400 whp its been done and shown

[speedfoos]

Thanks Tony!

Funny story about the slicks. Kind of. Dude still hasn't shipped them. I'm being patient because he's been honest with me (from what I can tell) so far. Hopefully, inshallah, they will go out this week, but I'm not holding my breath. He's kept in regular email contact with me and neither one of us hasn't gotten stupid about the deal so they should be going out sometime. I waited about 4 months for an engine block here. It was _unclejuice's old block and after about 2 months I got a hold of the dude (not juice, the guy he sold it to) and he was like "Wow, that's so weird, I wonder what happened to it." Turned out he shipped it that day, so I got it two months later. Patience is the key so long as I'm not getting jerked around.

Bitches. If you're going to whore up my thread with your Hondata chatter, you also need to post a funny picture of a monkey or midget. Not a bunch, just everytime you make an off-topic post!

[emjay]

Originally Posted by speedfoos

Thanks Tony!

Hopefully, inshallah, they will go out this week, but I'm not holding my breath.!

foos hahaha are u muslim ? thats really interesting how u said inshallah loool so trippy

[DaRk_MauL]

So i check the cam gear both have 38 teeth the line up perfect with the aem cam gear and so do the timming teeth.

[speedfoos]

Ching. You fail. Where's the monkey or midget picture?

No, I'm not a muslim, that's an Arabic saying and not all folks who speak Arabic are muslims. Plus when you deploy to areas of the world and work in with folks who speak Arabic, you pick a few words up here and there.


I've been thinking today and may go a different route with this rebuild. What I'm thinking about doing is not installing the new rods and pistons in this motor, for a couple reasons.

One. I don't have new rings for the pistons. They were only in the previous car for like 4000 miles, but I should really use new rings, which I don't have.

Two. There's a chance that my cylinders may need to be bored out a little and could mean my 75mm pistons won't fit in them anymore. I will have no idea until I take the block to the machine shop, but if that ends up being the case, I'm fucked.

Three. I was going to do the cylinder notch on the bottom (to clear the Crowers) myself. I don't feel like paying £s for the machine work to have them assemble everything and do the notching because I don't trust them to put it together correctly.

Four. I've got a deadline to have this car running by Tuesday. I don't think I can make it with everything I have to get done.

So in light of all this what I may end up doing is still pulling the motor, change out the water pump, oil pump, rod and main bearings to get it back to a decent running state. This way I can get it to pass inspection and renew the registration so I can drive it for the rest of the summer. I would much rather take my time and build a fresh block outside of the car when I'm in that US this fall and have access to a decent machine shop. This will also coincide with the k-pro install. I don't really feel like street tuning the car myself with the lower compression pistons.

I think I'm doing the right thing by doing it this way. What do you guys think?

[andyman97]

Originally Posted by andyman97

The ecus are identical. The programming of the ecu's are identical. Al kpro is the same. I ran a k20a2 map for 2 1/2 hours on the drive to my first tuning session.

Originally Posted by emjay

i already called hondata and did some reading they are identical .. u jus need the cam gear to make it work and the ecu's plug right in .. same pins they line up i even knew that part lol

Woot

[andyman97]

Were you ever losing oil pressure? I saw that bearing you pulled and it looked perfectly fine to me.... I think the knocking was also coming from the water pump. If your rod/crank had been knocking in the big ends/mains, it would have been journal to rod/main contact and you would have scarred the crank, oil pressure would drop, pure chaos. That's why when you hear a knock, the crank is fucked, it's too late to just replace a bearing. That and the fact that you didn't have any shavings in the pan. I think your block is fine, man. If you have good oil pressure, you're good to go.

It's too bad you can't get an accurate idea of the main bearing to journal clearance via plastigauge from underneath the car, b/c we have gay ass girdles, you can't put a jack under the counterweights to offset the fact that the crank is just kinda hanging there. Aww, how nice maincaps would be, although they are weaker than a girdle.

Just replace the water pump and see how it does. I think that'll take care of it.

[speedfoos]

Good points Andy, but there was metal shavings in the bottom of the oil pan back when I replaced #3 main bearing, which is why I'm afraid some got sucked into the oil pump. I may as well replace it since I already bought a new one. Yeah, metal shavings in the coolant yesterday too...

But I'm committed to pulling the motor to check things out. Plus I want to use my new engine stand!