Man, you stay busy with this thing. How many hours do you dedicate to it per week?
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Originally posted by Straight Success View PostMan, you stay busy with this thing. How many hours do you dedicate to it per week?
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Guess it's time for an update. Not too sure what's going to happen with Sally to be honest. With COVID and loss of some contracts she won't see the ole' mighty $$$ anytime soon. Which leaves me tinkering with cosmetic items and other small things. There's a few things of course. #1 - A big huge thank you goes out to SSMAccord for finding these for me and sending them all the way up North where the Canadians roam. I cannot find these here anymore. Thanks ya sir !
I've been picking away at this spare head I got. I started peeling, picking, sanding the paint away. Pain in the a$$ to do but meh.
You can see where someone was using a screw driver to remove rusty header pipes. It was also painted black at one point, then red.
And here's Sally's last drive out of the garage for 2020, thought I'd share the perspective!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1ad_6FyWOY
Cheers!Last edited by Raf99; 12-08-2020, 08:47 PM.
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For your taillight project... looking through my bookmarks, I found a site that still lists red/clears for sale. Is the red on those removable, or is it like stock where the plastic itself is colored all the way through? http://www.slickcar.com/details/6264...ail-lights.asp
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Originally posted by CyborgGT View PostFor your taillight project... looking through my bookmarks, I found a site that still lists red/clears for sale. Is the red on those removable, or is it like stock where the plastic itself is colored all the way through? http://www.slickcar.com/details/6264...ail-lights.asp
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Still plugging away at bits and pieces.
Ripped into this head some more and took it fully apart, sanded all of the paint off the unit. Determined it has one bent intake valve on cylinder # 3 but the rest looks good.
Used that cheap ebay style valve remover which does suck. When you try to align the valve in the center (under load) so you can get the keepers in you want the space around the valve (where the keepers slide in) to be equal. THAT part is hard to do using this tool while holding the valve in. Made a long boring video of this that you can see here. So head is back together, needs a severe cleaning and one intake valve. There may be stripped bolt threads for one of the bearing caps too. *shrugs*. & sanding the lines and nicks out of the door bump stops too.
Last edited by Raf99; 01-03-2021, 01:00 PM.
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Ok, this is what I'm thinking.......Assuming the issue is the valve seals, then at the bare Minimun, will need....
ARP Head Bolts - $300
Cometic Head Gasget - $100
After that it's nothing but time....
edit: Ahh.. maybe not the head studs.. https://arp-bolts.com/p/faq.php
"Are ARP bolts and studs re-usable?
Yes. As long as the fasteners have been installed and torqued correctly, and show no visible signs of damage, they can be re-used. If they show any signs of thread galling or corrosion, they should be replaced. In the case of rod bolts, if any of them have taken a permanent set and have stretched by .001” or longer, you should replace them immediately. See page 29 in the catalog for more detailed information on this critical measurement."
And if that's the case then I just need to determine what head gasket to use. Anyone have any thoughts on re-using ARP head studs for a H22?Last edited by Raf99; 01-06-2021, 07:06 PM.
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Raf, I've bought the ARP head studs and I'm certainly going to reuse them when I take the head off. I don't know when that will be, but one day.
Honestly if I were you, I would just use an OEM H22 gasket as long as your pistons aren't oversized. Your compression is low enough (8.0:1 or 8.5:1 or even 9.0:1) your only going to possibly raise the compression by .1 or by .2 at the very most with a head gasket. I actually have 0.75mm over Type S pistons in my H22A and used a stock head gasket if I remember correctly. This is with a decked block .005" and a surfaced head .005". This is putting my compression ratio around 11.2:1, granted my elevation brings it down to about 10.3:1. Still my setup is far closer to having valve interference than your setup is.
Otherwise keep up the good work.Last edited by Rilas; 01-07-2021, 05:22 PM.
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So I second what Will said. I have actually reused my ARP head studs on 3 different engines and still have yet to have a Headgasket blow on me. I used it on my first f22b head swap with the evo 3 big 16 g. I then used them when I was running a stock f22a1 and I am now running them on my current set up.
I also use the OEM Headgasket as well, if your worried I use the copper Headgasket spray you can get at an auto parts store to help the seal.~Nick~
FSAE (F Series Accord Enthusiasts) ..."A dying breed thats taking it to the next level" Lucky #13
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Ya. appreciate the feedback. I was worried that with different pistons and the block being sleeved using a different thickness would cause improper clearances and pistons may hit. But sounds like we are talking 0.05mm here....
Oh booy, let the fun begin then. Although I do need to purchase a bearing set for the trans.
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Fini... always makes a mess though..
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Can view the gopro time warp vid here if you are bored. Not sure how to embed youtube yet in here.
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So far no real issues so far. Think I'll order some new clutch to flywheel bolts as these have the anti-sieze hardened into the threads. I ran them through a bolt to get the junk off but meh.... not trusting them. The plates have no warpage, they are in spec for all clearances advised by Tilton.
We are going to look into a small oil leak on the timing belt side, I always see a small drop at the bottom of the timing belt cover. & I got one of these again to make an attempt at the power steering cooling...
The after math. Sometimes I do with this was all one connection (well.. the wiring to the engine).
& putting the engine on the stand. Always a huge PITA because the stands collide with each other! Think I seen a youtube video where some guy made one stand higher than the other so they slide over top.
https://youtu.be/IHHt95Q02mY
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