greeen01civic4d

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dang, i dont know if thats an insult or a compliment.... lol

wheelspinLX

for real haha

dopes6070

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You should check out magnaflow's straight through mufflers. I used 2 of them inline and it quieted the car down a lot. I used 1 4" round one and a 5x8" oval muffler.

DsevenEm2

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remember foos, i still have mine for sale!

speedfoos

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Thread jack away man, I don't mind.

Yeah Jose, but it's 2.5" not 3", so it simply won't work for me.

Quiet is not high on my list of my priorities for this exhaust, maximum flow is. I've almost decided on the muffler. Will probably make my mind up today. I'll PM you later Jose and hit you up on AIM if you're going to be around tonight. I have fiddled with the tuning myself once the new head got put on, but it's difficult since the car is so out of whack with the fried alternator. The fast idle is solid at 14.68 on a cold start, but after that she's wonky. Will be fixed soon enough!

You know, I actually like the exhaust sound of a built SRT-4!

k20em2504

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Its nice to finally hear my cam. Hope youre happy with it.

speedfoos

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Incredibly happy with it man! After fixing the hot-glued stripped bolt hole on the one rocker cap, she was good to go. I was a little worried about how big the exhaust ports were hogged out to, but a little copper gasket spray (Thanks Dad!) and there are no leaks at all.

Just ordered my exhaust stuff....should be here next week. The muffler set-up I ordered is a secret......

exturbo6

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sweet u ordered the **** you needed..very nice..cant wait til that part is done..nice work so far thou...its a shame u dont like here damit. you could help me out alot.

speedfoos

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Buh bye.

ronaldo9

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Clint, for what it's worth when I had my camshaft installed the first time the Valve cover gasket got pinched somehow on the install and it leaked oil just like yours. The second time I had it installed the shop ripped the cam seal and the valve cover gasket causing oil leaks. I'm not sure if there is a special way to install it w/o ripping it but your problem sounds like what I went through.

speedfoos

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I didn't think there was a cam seal on that side other than the little plastic doo-dad (passenger side). Off to search the internets.....

Hope I'm not pulling a bonehead moment and forgot to install a seal....

Thanks for the suggestion Ron.

bomerman19

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there is a section on the rocker end cap that you are supposed to put hondabond on if you have pulled off the rocker assembly and replaced the cam otherwise you will leak oil. It is kinda hard for me to describe exactly where it is supposed to go. But I believe the big green bible says but since I have my head apart sitting on the floor of my basement right the moment. I will take some pics this afternoon once i get off work and post up where the hondabond is supposed to go hopefully that will help solve your problem

greeen01civic4d

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i say put dye into it instead of throwing parts at it, then drive for 100 miles or so, or km there... and put a test light on it or blacklight if u dont have a test light, ull find out where its coming from

speedfoos

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It's miles here Adam. They do a weird amalgam of Imperial and Metric measurements. I haven't quite figured out why. What is this dye you speak of? Proper term so I can try to find the British translation for it?

Which part needs HB? Is it right under the #24 (yes I know that's just an alignment sleeve)?

Jza

God hates you/your car is cursed.

speedfoos

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Buh bye.

exturbo6

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lol clint.....yeah i could do that..i dont know how to weld but my buddy does..idk will see..but im not running a cat or a res...just straight pipe from the turbo to a muffler.

speedfoos

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Gonna be LOUD!

exturbo6

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its ok, i had the same setup when i was NA, with a header and exhuast, i didnt mind it...turbo should be too bad compared to what it use to be...

bomerman19

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Yeah the hb goes under 24 and 25

Jza

lol @ pictures

Alpha 5

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I have heard many things about this DYE. I have never seen it. I think it is like a phantom or something...

speedfoos

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Thanks for tip, but gah I really don't want to pull the cam back out to put some goop in there to keep it from leaking. Will take a look at it tomorrow morning to see if I really have to, or if I can just wiggle that pass. end cap up a little and squirt some underneath. Rep again when I can!

Jza

if you weren't such a good weekend mecanic I'd say you'd be thousands in debt right now.

bomerman19

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try putting some hb right around the edge of were the camshaft holder meets the top of the head out side of the valve cover which would be right were 24 goes if you had the rocker assembly off. That is about were the hb is supposed to go.

If you look at bottom picture to the left of the big goop of orange stuff right where the rocker assembly/cam holder meets the top of the head you want honda bond all around that edge that will probably stop the leek without having to pull the whole rocker assembly.

Sorry I would have put up pics but I can't find my stupid camera.

dopes6070

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I will confirm that you do need RTV under the parts the hold the cam in on both sides of the engine. It says so in the honda manual

bomerman19

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Stole my little brothers camera

speedfoos

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Damn Honda manuals. Always being right.

If I was such a good mechanic I wouldn't be having all these little issues that bother the **** out of me. If I was smart I would have left the ****ing Ebay CAI and DC shorty on there and just dreamt of boost instead of living it.

Thanks fellas. I'll crack the VC off tomorrow and have a look-see. Cuz if I remember right, to pop the cam out, that driver's side motor mount has to come off to get the upper timing cover off, which means, the PS pump comes off, plus the Ingalls Stiffy, and the PS bracket has a hard time clearing the wrap on my turbo mani.

Pain.

In.

The.

***.

Alpha 5

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Why are you still awake?

Go to bed and dream of large turbo numbers.

Then wake up to large turbo headaches. LOL

bomerman19

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you don't have to pull the motor mount off to get the cam out. Lets see if I remember this correctly,
you can take the valve cover off,
untorque and loosen all the rocker arm assembly bolts,
rock the rocker arm assembly or go underneath it with a flathead screwdriver to pop it cause it tends to stick even after you have undone all the bolts,
once it is loose you can get under those spots with some hondabond,
grab the edge of the cam gear pull it all little to the passenger's side and press down on the rocker arm assembly to get it to seat,
then start torquing all the bolts back down the rocker assembly will fully seat it's self then just put the valve cover back on

You shouldn't have to even take off the side cam gear cover but if you need to you don't need to take off the motor mount