Raf99 : 1993 Accord EX

[Raf99]

Anytime I need ideas or motivation to finish my car I login and come straight to your MRT because I know there's always amazing stuff going on here. Glad to see the rebuild went good and congrats on the new Home!

Awesome, I appreciate ya stopping by!

I will say the engine sounds so quiet now. It sounds like a new engine. I think the dyno runs broke in some seals and seat them with heat. And thanks to James @ RavenAutoSports, his tune got rid of so many issues with cold idle, other idle issues. He really did a new tune for the meth.
3rd gear still is not a shift smooth anymore (missed a gear last year trying to quick shift), but that's just a synchro. But all can be fixed.

Forward on to the 500HP goal!!

On the boost juice

[accordboi77]

Anytime I need ideas or motivation to finish my car I login and come straight to your MRT because I know there's always amazing stuff going on here. Glad to see the rebuild went good and congrats on the new Home!

[Raf99]

Yeah maybe need to have it fabricated to the point where there are minimal couplers. Interesting you keep blowing couplers. How are the flairs/lips on the ends of the piping? Maybe even just having a new bead welded on the ends to give a better clamp would do the trick. Also, what kind of clamps are you using? I am curious because even with my setup on my F I have two weaker points that I thought I would sure have issue with but never did & have been to 23ish psi.

We were blowing off at 17PSI and I can see why. It's a Tredstoneperformance F22 piping kit and one piece in the corner was hand made and the lip sucks. The couplers are too short for the angles. Sooo i think for now I'm just going to order longer couplers and that will allow me to get a better bite and not have one part of the clamp coming off BS. + the air leaks were an issue. Eventually do a V-Band setup on all the pipes + weld some together.

The car is back and running great! Picked it up from the tuners the other day. We are at the usual 15PSI, 400HP, but now running a methanol injection kit with a whole new tune. Also different tires (FireHawk Indy500 - 205/45/17), oil change, new inspection. We don't slip on the dyno anymore but the piping needs to be fixed. The engine sounds amazing and really ...air tight. I'm not a fan of the vibrations so I need softer engine mounts. Right now I'm running the ESPs and no idea where I would get softer mounts...

Ahhhhhhh I'm officially moving! My f'n neighbors are driving me nuts. Lesson learned, you can find the house of your dreams but asshat neighbors can ruin it all. But....... you'll see photos missing from the MRT etc, as they are hosted off the home server. Temporary outage from Oct21-25.

[G. Wiffington]

Yeah maybe need to have it fabricated to the point where there are minimal couplers. Interesting you keep blowing couplers. How are the flairs/lips on the ends of the piping? Maybe even just having a new bead welded on the ends to give a better clamp would do the trick. Also, what kind of clamps are you using? I am curious because even with my setup on my F I have two weaker points that I thought I would sure have issue with but never did & have been to 23ish psi.

[Raf99]

Thanks all. I hear ya Rilas, just in the process of selling mine and looking to move.
Thanks G! I still work on it a lot, just don't post as much here due to the lack of people.

Car is still at the tuners and he keeps blowing intercooler piping apart when trying to go above 17PSI. So..... not sure what we are going to do yet. Need better piping or weld more pieces together for less connection points.

[G. Wiffington]

AHHHHH my favorite CB7! You do such an amazing detailed job on every bit of the car. SO glad to see it back together. Guarantee easy 500HP! That's awesome about installing the Meth Kit, very curious to see how it reacts. What fuel are you normally on, if I didn't ask already?

Interesting about your issue with the car turning off. I am trying to remember exactly what happened with Dao's car when we were street tuning but pretty similar with the Balancer Belt coming off & throwing off the mechanical timing. Glad everything was alright with your setup. No biggie, small mishap.

[Rilas]

Well, I do have a water/meth injection kit on Lola with the supercharger went with a Snow setup. But pretty sure I bent a rod due to a lifted coil, and since buying a house, have no time to work on that project.

Looking good man, keep up the good work I wish I could be doing as well.

[Raf99]

There are only a few left, indeed. I can say with confidence that yours will be the only street driver CB7 with functioning water/meth injection system.

And I believe a twin disc racing clutch...

[af_1132]

lol... i think you're the only visitor these days....

She's at the tuners this week for a list of stuff. Tires, inspection, re-tune since engine tear down, & have him check it over. We need to re-tune it since the engine is different now. Nothing major but I can tell it "breathes" different. It's always good to have a 2nd set of eyes on the car too. The extra items were stuff like 2-step, rev limit, some ECU protection, and I think he's going to finish the meth kit install. He may just hit 500 HP while tuning not sure. We also may break the car & a good chance too. Let's be real here; we are trying to hit 500HP on 30 year old OEM parts. OEM axles! ha... If we hit 500HP I think I'm good. Goal reached. No more modding for the cb7. Just stupid to keep pushing it. If it was a new k series then that's a different story.

(lately for the past few weeks .... /months .. i've been itching to buy a tool cabinet. 52"... )

There are only a few left, indeed. I can say with confidence that yours will be the only street driver CB7 with functioning water/meth injection system.

[Raf99]

Clean install! Let’s see how it boosts the power output.

lol... i think you're the only visitor these days....

She's at the tuners this week for a list of stuff. Tires, inspection, re-tune since engine tear down, & have him check it over. We need to re-tune it since the engine is different now. Nothing major but I can tell it "breathes" different. It's always good to have a 2nd set of eyes on the car too. The extra items were stuff like 2-step, rev limit, some ECU protection, and I think he's going to finish the meth kit install. He may just hit 500 HP while tuning not sure. We also may break the car & a good chance too. Let's be real here; we are trying to hit 500HP on 30 year old OEM parts. OEM axles! ha... If we hit 500HP I think I'm good. Goal reached. No more modding for the cb7. Just stupid to keep pushing it. If it was a new k series then that's a different story.

(lately for the past few weeks .... /months .. i've been itching to buy a tool cabinet. 52"... )

[SSMAccord]

Clean install! Let’s see how it boosts the power output.

[Raf99]

- All wires protected with wire loom
- Meth fuel line and controller boost line run under the car (in the brake line / fuel line tray)
- Electrical lines run up drivers side
- Pump secured to trunk floor
- Tank & controller installed





















still run this battery setup. two reds are for each amp.

[Raf99]

Ya, you guys are right. Nothing happened The belt still had tension, just the lower cog could spin freely. No damage, compression tested 170+ across the board. Put it all back together (was not easy) and it started up perfect!

New news.... so I scheduled an appointment to have the tuner look at the car. He put a scare in to one stating how the H22 engine / rotating assembly should be re-balanced if one did the balance shaft delete DIY. Internet says no way...., not many saying yes. Asking around....

Added this to the trunk of the car. Yep, here it will live forever.


Uh-huh.....


New to me! I like trying new stuff.....


I feel like the company meeting was like... "sure... throw in a sticker.....I guess. "

[SSMAccord]

This happened to me in…2021(?). I was at idle when it happened and just like you the car just shut off. The engine was out of time as a result of the woodruff key slipping out and letting the crank rotate for a moment without the cams moving. Once I retimed and snugged everything back up, the engine fired up like always. Hopefully you’ll have a similar experience.

[Raf99]

ha. apparently I did all seals properly, and torque all bolts to spec!! ................. except for one........ haha. And it was the crank bolt
And it revealed itself on the highway one day and fully came out. I thought it was a power steering squeak so I was stupid and ignored it but shit quickly hit the fan haha. The crank pulley started coming off and taking the key (wood-drift?) with it. The power steering belt came off (from the bottom pulley) and the noise of the pulley rubbing against the frame of the car made me pull over immediately. I"m not sure if I shut the car off or it shut itself off at this point, it all happened to quick. A guy did stop who had tools & when i was looking at it and I pushed the pulley back on w/ key and tightened the 19mm but it wouldn't start. hmm the rpm gauge wasn't moving...

So. wow... lost timing and the engine came to a halt. And........ how to tow her (she looks good on the tow truck though)




^^ thanks Mike. Great guy, once he seen the car he took great care. Even dropped her back in to the garage for me

ok..... fast forward two nights later and ya'll know I had to dig in to this immediately! I will say... this didn't bother me like it would in the past. Great learning experience. I expected something to go wrong too as it was my first full engine build. It was my mistake for ignoring the rotating squeak noise and not investigating it further. So....... what do you think the damage was....

when i took the crank pulley off ...