FknBoss Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Well pulled the engine today. Finished the aristo swap on the is300 and push the legacy in the garage. 2 hours later engine was out. Threw it on the engine stand and ran out to do dome errands. Drop a spare set of heads off to be machined while I was out. Came home pulled the intake assembly off got the one head off and started working on the other side. 1 intake cam bolt will not come off. Guess in drilling it out. Pulled the pan no metal Suprisingly. Alot of water tho. Cylinders were filled. Turns out the rod bearing are shot. Way too much play. On the plus side it has a brand new ihi turbo. The exhaust housing isn't even brown yet and it's spotless. Haven't figured out if I wanna put a cheap 400 dollar short block as a bandaid while I build this one or just buy a new short block. Kind of leaning towards the bandaid and building my stock block with new nitrate crank h beams forged pistons and head studs with probably just a vf52 or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Capacity Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 IMO do the bandaid, and get more then a vf52 (bigger turbo) for that bottom end your going to build. 305,600miles 5/2012 ej257 short block, 8/2011 installed VF52 turbo, @20.8psi, 280whp, 300ftlbs. (SOLD). CHECK your oil, these cars use it. Engine Build - Click Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FknBoss Posted July 5, 2014 Author Share Posted July 5, 2014 The reason I was thinking vf52 is I don't need a ton of power. I'm more worried about blowing the trans. Any idea what the 5mt can hold? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FknBoss Posted July 5, 2014 Author Share Posted July 5, 2014 I decided to build the engine I have out and just making sure I have it done by winter. I have 4 months. I am going break it in over the winter with the new stock turbo and come spring bigger turbo injectors pump and tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Capacity Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 They say stock 5mt is good for 350ftlbs. If your good with it and don't beat it to much may be 400ftlbs. 305,600miles 5/2012 ej257 short block, 8/2011 installed VF52 turbo, @20.8psi, 280whp, 300ftlbs. (SOLD). CHECK your oil, these cars use it. Engine Build - Click Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FknBoss Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 Here's some pics of my weekend.http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b395/vtech91integra/IMG_20140703_152519.jpg http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b395/vtech91integra/IMG_20140704_145108.jpg Back from the machine shop.http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b395/vtech91integra/IMG_20140705_135730.jpg New vf40http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b395/vtech91integra/IMG_20140705_140539.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FknBoss Posted July 10, 2014 Author Share Posted July 10, 2014 Picked up my new crakshaft. Sti nitrate.http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b395/vtech91integra/IMG_20140710_173904.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FknBoss Posted July 12, 2014 Author Share Posted July 12, 2014 Well nothing good to report. Split the block today. Had a flattened rod bearing 2 spun rod bearings and 1 pissed main bearing. But o well. H beam and forged pistons are getting ordered this week. Progress pics next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FknBoss Posted July 12, 2014 Author Share Posted July 12, 2014 Some goodies today. http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b395/vtech91integra/20140712_134317.jpg Lapping valves and doing seals on the head. http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b395/vtech91integra/IMG_20140708_202715.jpghttp://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b395/vtech91integra/IMG_20140708_203025.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FknBoss Posted July 12, 2014 Author Share Posted July 12, 2014 My mess. Dunno why the pic got blurry. http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b395/vtech91integra/20140712_134246.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian3676 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Make sure you measure your clearances with those acl bearings. Sometimes lately there quality control is hit and miss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FknBoss Posted July 12, 2014 Author Share Posted July 12, 2014 I planned on it. Already completely measured the crank. So soon as my rods get here I'll torque them and mic them to see what my clearance is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FknBoss Posted July 13, 2014 Author Share Posted July 13, 2014 Decided to do the Band-aid short block so I can drive this car and moved it out of the garage for more room while I am building the engine over Fall-Spring. I want to have it ready for spring to drop in. What turbo should I go with? Id like to be at <350ftlbs so I don"t kill the trans. Would like it to spool at a decent RPM and Don't Want to drop a TON of money on it. I think I want to got with an upgraded TMIC. Just not fond of the look of the piping of the FMIC. Plans: Eagle Rods JE Pistons 100mm ARP Head Studs STI Nitrate Crankshaft ACL Race main and rod bearings Stock intake Cat-less UP and Down Pipe Gimmick Cat-Back Need Advice: Turbo Injectors Fuel pump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrTris Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 FMIC<TMIC. I would rethink the ACLs -- Motor failures recently have been a result of their poor quality. You should be fine with OEM, or use these. With a VF52, you won't have to upgrade your fueling to something ridiculous, in fact, you can hang on with stock and still be around 300hp. Whatever you decide to do, you should do a top-feed conversion. There's no such thing as a "good" sidefeed injector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FknBoss Posted July 13, 2014 Author Share Posted July 13, 2014 What did they change? I've used them in 500hp honda builds and never had an issue.. Did they move manufacturing somewhere or just a bad batch? That sucks because I bought them already. I was going to mic the shit out of them as I do on higher hp builds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FknBoss Posted July 13, 2014 Author Share Posted July 13, 2014 I was looking into top feeds and deleting tgv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrTris Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Honestly, it's a challenge to find top-feed TGVs. My suggestion is that you buy some pre-made topfeed TGV deletes, like any of the composite ones, and then just buy the fuel rails and injectors of your choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FknBoss Posted July 14, 2014 Author Share Posted July 14, 2014 Ok I'll look into that. Anyone using the zerolift composite tgv deletes fpr top feeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrTris Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Those are what I was thinking of, and, had I been thinking more clearly, I would have bought them. Heck, if my motor wasn't going in next week, I'd start fishing for top-feed fuel rails and injectors and spring for the Zero Lifts, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FknBoss Posted July 25, 2014 Author Share Posted July 25, 2014 Got a little work done after work. http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b395/vtech91integra/20140723_180919.jpg http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b395/vtech91integra/20140724_200539.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FknBoss Posted July 25, 2014 Author Share Posted July 25, 2014 This is the bandaid block btw. I haven't started the built one yet that's winter project if I'm not moving then. If I'm moving it won't be until spring when the new shops set up.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmedic Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Ok I'll look into that. Anyone using the zerolift composite tgv deletes fpr top feeds. I'm using a set, albeit on a Baja which uses a totally different style of intake (STi/Forester XT style, cast aluminum). They fit with some difficulty: specifically I had to mill the mounting holes in the intake into slots to get them to bolt on. Zerolift does mention this in their literature (included). Pretty sure they're a direct bolt-on for the plastic GT/XT intakes tho. They fit well otherwise. Only other beef I had was losing the injector protectors as there was no place to mount them. Guess I'll try not to crash the engine into the frame rails whilst running at full tilt. I have a set of 08 LGT top feed fuel rails if you want to do a conversion. . . and some 08 LGT top feed injectors, TGV's (if you wanted to do a drill & fill) and probably most of what you'll need for the swap, sans plugs for the injectors (they're different). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee07 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Vf52 on E85 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FknBoss Posted July 25, 2014 Author Share Posted July 25, 2014 There's no where in a reasonable distance near me with e85. Closest is like 25 miles away. Don't wanna make a 50 mile trip just to get fuel.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
700watts Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 They say stock 5mt is good for 350ftlbs. If your good with it and don't beat it to much may be 400ftlbs. I'm way over 350ftlbs and had no problem for 3 years now......note: I granny shift Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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