I’ve already put my D16Z6 block together and spec’d the bearings but if you need more info on this, here is a link to D-Series forum post that explains it a little more. Click Here for the link.
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D16Z6 Building Bottom End Part 2
Posted by Bart Piotrowski on May 5th, 2009
Part 2 of building the bottom end was more interesting as it was starting to look, more like an engine. The reason I inserted the pistons in first is because you can’t secure the crank shaft from falling out without the main caps bolted on if the engine is right side up. And while the [...]
D16Z6 Building Bottom End Part 1
Posted by Bart Piotrowski on May 4th, 2009
Last weekend I had some more time to work on the engine so I started by pulling off the masking tape from the block and cleaned up any tape residue from the paint job. After that I washed the block with some soap and hot water, and then quickly dried it off with compressed air. [...]
D16Z6 Setting The Piston Ring Gap and Painting The Block
Posted by Bart Piotrowski on May 1st, 2009
Getting the rings to the proper spec was actually easier then I thought, all I did was oil up the cylinder walls, inserted 1 ring at a time and pushed it down 1″ with the piston head, then I used a feeler gauge to check the clearance. If the gap was too small I took [...]
D16Z6 Main Cap Girdle Notching
Posted by Bart Piotrowski on April 30th, 2009
After bolting on the connecting rods I bolted on the main cap girdle and noticed that I have very little room between my ARP rod bolt and the girdle so I had no choice but to notch the girdle. As you can see on the image above the space between the ARP rod bolt and [...]
D16Z6 Rod Bearing Clearance Check
Posted by Bart Piotrowski on April 29th, 2009
Last weekend I had some time to check the connecting rod bearing clearance which was again interesting to do. All 4 of the rod bearings were in the .0013-.0015″ clearance range which is a bit on the tight side but still within limits for this turbo build engine. Just like the main bearings I placed [...]
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No Comments »D16Z6 Main Bearing Clearance Check
Posted by Bart Piotrowski on April 22nd, 2009
Last Sunday I got around to checking the main bearing clearances and got some good results. All 5 of my main bearings were in the .0013-.0015″ range which is within the limits of what it’s suppose to be. I had some time today so I posted how it all went. I wiped off the area [...]
Posted in D16, D16Z6 Turbo Build, Engine Block, Engine Rebuild Tags: Bearing Clearance Check, Plastigage 1 Comment »D16Z6 Block and Parts are Back From Machine Shop
Posted by Bart Piotrowski on April 11th, 2009
I finally got my D16Z6 engine block back from the machine shop yesterday and took a bunch of pictures to post up the blog. As you can see the Block Guard is nicely installed in my D16 Block. The machine shop did a very nice job on boring and honing out the cylinders. After the top [...]
Posted in 1993 Honda Civic Project, D Series Engine, D16, D16Z6 Turbo Build, Engine Rebuild, Turbo Tags: D16 Turbo Build 7 Comments »How to Gap Piston Rings
Posted by Bart Piotrowski on March 28th, 2009
My D16 Engine block should be back from the machine shop soon and one of the steps that I will have to do is gap the piston rings. I found a great link on how to gap the rings. Click Here to for the link.
Engine Break in After Fresh Rebuild
Posted by Bart Piotrowski on February 13th, 2009
Lets face it building or rebuilding an engine is not cheap, lots of time, money and sweat have gone into your precious engine so why treat it like crap. Always do a proper break in by NOT USING synthetic oil, change the oil and filter after first 25kms and make sure you have proper cooling. [...]
D16Z6 Bottom End Parts Are Here!
Posted by Bart Piotrowski on December 15th, 2008
My D16Z6 Turbo build parts finally arrived today and man did I have a smile on my face after opening the box. The Vitara pistons and I-Beam rods are of great quality and craftsmanship and the block guard looks nice too. I have all the gaskets that I will need to redo the bottom end now [...]
D16Z6 Block Notching Side 2
Posted by Bart Piotrowski on December 13th, 2008
After 2 more hours I finally finished notching the cylinders yesterday. I went through a bunch of grinding bits as some fell apart from cheap glue and others just got used up after intensive grinding. The I-Beam connecting rods should work fine now with the vitara pistons but if needed I can always touch up any cylinders that [...]
Block Notching and Thread Chasing
Posted by Bart Piotrowski on December 10th, 2008
The next step while waiting for my pistons and rods to arrive is to chase all my threads and to notch the bottom part of my cylinders. The notch is 3/4″ wide, 1/4″ deep and 1/4″ down the cylinder wall. The reason I need to notch the cylinders is because the I- Beam connecting rods [...]
D16Z6 Sandblasting Done and Bottom end Parts Ordered
Posted by Bart Piotrowski on December 5th, 2008
I sand blasted my D16Z6 block, cylinder head, intake manifold, and valve cover today and man do they look sweet now. Once I do the machining and put the bottom end internals in I intend to paint the block. I haven’t picked a color yet but I’m thinking of a high heat orange-red, but this is still [...]
D16Z6 Masking Complete and Ready for Sandblasting
Posted by Bart Piotrowski on December 4th, 2008
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 [...]
