I finished masking all the parts that need sandblasting tomorrow so this should help keep the key areas from getting damaged, although I know that some of the tape might get ripped off which is OK. I also cleaned the old gasket of the intake header surface that mates with the cylinder head. I used a razor blade [...]
I had an early day at work today so when I got home and I started back on the turbo build. I sprayed citrus degreaser on the block, valve cover, intake manifold, main cap and the cylinder head and then pressure washed them to get rid of the oil. Now I washed the cylinder head last night but today [...]
Last night after work I disassembled the D16Z6 cylinder head with the help of my friend Tracey. I pulled everything off the head including the rocker assembly, VTEC Solenoid, valves and springs. I tried to pull off the valve seals but couldn’t do it by hand so I left those on for now. I later [...]
I’ve been busy with other interests and hobbies so I haven’t had to time work on my engine build this week. Tonight I went into my shop and decided to cleanup as it was muchly needed. There is nothing worse then trying to do a good job and you can’t cause your tools are unorganized or your tripping [...]
Nothing really new about the turbo build today, it’s been pretty quiet lately so I decided to do my oil change today. I went to Canadian Tire and picked up some Penzoil Full Synthetic and an oil filter and since I knew I was going to get a bit dirty anyways I also picked up [...]
Before I send out the block to the machine shop I need to order my pistons and connecting rods. Once I have the proper parts I can send the block and the parts to the machine shop and get everything fitted and the necessary parts machined. Click Here for the link to my bottom end parts page on my site.
These are my first images of my D16Z6 engine, and as you can see it looks very stock right now. There are a couple sensors that are broken and plugs that are bent, but all in all the engine looks to be in good shape. It did not come with a distributor or a crank pulley but [...]
My D16Z6 turbo build has officially begun as I picked up a D16Z6 engine from the wrecker today. I’m really excited to get this project underway as I’ve been wanting to add a turbo to my Honda Civic since the day I got it. I don’t have a picture yet but soon as I get [...]
The last 2 weeks I’ve been hearing a squealing and scuffing sound coming from my rear drum brakes so I was getting concerned. On the weekend it turned into a grind so I decided to park my 1993 Honda Civic till I figured out what it was. I was worried that I some how used up my rear brake shoes [...]
Launching this site over a 1.5 years ago there was two main things I wanted to focus on. One was the installation of a VTEC engine into my 1993 Honda Civic and the other was the installation of a turbo. Now I’ve done a write up of the engine swap that I did last winter but I’ve been lacking [...]
I was reading some posts on D-Series forums tonight and found this post about a guy who wondering what paint scheme he should use on his Honda Civic Hatch. This was the same question I had last summer and never came up with an answer, but looking at these images makes it easier to figure [...]
I’ve been really busy the last few weeks so I’ve been neglecting to post up new information on my blog but today I figured I would finally post something. 2 Weeks ago I topped up my anti-freeze in both my Civic’s as my previous drain and fill of 50/50 mix was not good enough for [...]
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