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PetefromtheStreets
11-10-2011, 02:53 PM
So as a few of you know my k20z1's life ended February 1, 2011.

Rest in pieces.
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HOW IT HAPPENED:

They say the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem so here goes nothing....

Well guys my names Adam ... And I have a heavy foot.

I'll start there. Lol. When I turn the key in my RSX I get in kill mode... Straight up.

I enjoy the shit out of my car and its build.

I was on my way to work and decided to "play" a little.... just a little bit.

Pull out of the daycare center onto the main rd. cruised through 1st. Grabbed 2nd and rolled on the throttle. Instant wheel spin....pegged to revlimiter of 8600rpm. Held that for ~5seconds while I gained speed. WOT shifted to 3rd and revs steadily increased And I mean steady. It was almost as if my tach was glued in place with the needle buried past the 9k mark. I held it there because I liked how it sounded popping (out my exhaust) and because again I have a heavy foot. It must have spun 3rd at those RPM's for atleast 4 seconds....then I ran out of gear WOT to 4th and...

KA-BLUEEEEEEE (KA-blu-e)
(spell check me bro) lol

I heard the most horrible crunching ever. And I swear on my life that I looked in the rear view and I saw a piston skirt bounce off the ground and back up to my eye level. Almost as if to say...

You dumb f*ck! And winked at me.

Now to clear all things. The car was tuned by John Schill of Absolute Pro-Formance. They are currently building my new motor...I'll get more into that later on in the build.

The tune was flawless. My heavy foot I what blew my engine to pieces (tear)

So out with the old and in with the new.
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Engine got built by John Schill of Absolute.

I had an injector and fuel pump problem all at the same time. Both Things I installed in my first build.

With that said, on the dyno i could see it venting from the valve cover pretty heavily. Even after a pull it smoked for about 10 minuets.

So we did a leak down test and determined it was cylinder number 4 that was our problem child. It had 70% leak down. Yay!!! Not.

Pulled the motor tore it down and cylinder 4 had a ring crack and wore my sleeve on my motor out of round. So I decided to ditch that block and go for another.

But the good news about that motor...

It made great...I mean GREAT power for being hurt.

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/024ef2a2.jpg

Dyno video of 419whp pull.
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/fc7d95a5.mp4

Made 420/250 (who/trq) And that was just the initial first few pulls getting the A/f's right at 0* cam advance and 14* ignition advance.

So still more left in her. And that's on the 70% leakin cylinder also. That's the Yay!!

So back to the pics. Stuff:

Engine:

Manley turbo tuff rods

Weisco 11:1 pistons
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ACL race bearings throughout
Supertech flat faced valves
Dual valve springs
Titanium retainers
Kelford C cams
New oil pump
water pump
Timing chain
Tensioner
24.5x12x3.5 vibrant core for fmic
(custom end tanks done by John schill)
Tial-Q 50mm bov
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Trans:
Comp clutch twin disc
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Obx LSD
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(soon) straight cut 1-2nd gears.

All this attached to my c38 blower


And TTS performance blower bracket
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Motor coming together
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PetefromtheStreets
11-10-2011, 03:03 PM
Reserved

PetefromtheStreets
11-10-2011, 03:05 PM
Bunch of pics added. What do you guys think so far?

Spaz
11-11-2011, 06:53 PM
I want that bent piston/connecting rod! lol

Spaz
11-11-2011, 06:53 PM
oh and BTW: I'd kill for your engine build setup... I want to build another engine soon. Great work Adam!

:spazapproved:

PetefromtheStreets
11-11-2011, 07:19 PM
oh and BTW: I'd kill for your engine build setup... I want to build another engine soon. Great work Adam!

:spazapproved:

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/0be74a20.jpg
Oh and BTW: I'd kill you for the way your car looks. Lol

Thanks Zack. It means a lot. It taken a very long time to get just this far.

PetefromtheStreets
11-11-2011, 07:23 PM
I want that bent piston/connecting rod! lol

Lmfao. Hey I worked (my engine) hard for that custom Adm_rsx spec rod configuration.

Funny thing is I'm having it gold or chrome plated. Haven't decided yet. I work at a playing shop so I get to take advantage of that. Lol

Spaz
11-12-2011, 12:49 AM
Lmfao. Hey I worked (my engine) hard for that custom Adm_rsx spec rod configuration.

Funny thing is I'm having it gold or chrome plated. Haven't decided yet. I work at a playing shop so I get to take advantage of that. Lol


BWUHAHAHA I had 3 of my good ones turned into trophies :fyea:

and one into a clock

PetefromtheStreets
11-12-2011, 10:27 AM
That's wassup dude. That's essentially what I'm doing also. I had never seen a rod so bent in my life without snapping. Lol

Spaz
11-13-2011, 02:49 PM
yeah you definitely did good on that one! lol She bent like none other!

PetefromtheStreets
11-13-2011, 07:55 PM
yeah you definitely did good on that one! lol She bent like none other!

Lmfao. Yea man. I'm proud of that one. Lol. Should start fabbing fmic and all soon.

vdubkilla
11-14-2011, 12:13 AM
Builds lookin like its gonna be sick Adam and dam I hope I don't see any connecting rods like that :ohsnap: .Season is pretty well over with and btw shim the pivot ball with one washer and tack weld an 8 mm nut unto the cmc :thumb:

PetefromtheStreets
11-14-2011, 11:40 AM
Post some pics of it on here so I can see. And yea I hope you don't see any like that either. Lol. Your building your motor this winter right?

monjarassi
11-14-2011, 11:54 PM
dam sexy build... we made same power b4 blow up!!!

vdubkilla
11-15-2011, 11:53 AM
Yeah Adam I am gonna do pistons , rods , and brngs. this winter not sure when probably jan / feb .I also gotta sump the fuel tank , get another bosch 044 fuel pump to run a twin set up with a -10an feed and have the roll bar made 10 point and of course re tune it lookin for 700-800 on q16 and I wanna stay around 525-550 on pump .That should pretty well complete the car next it'll be the transmission then maybe paint in another year .

PetefromtheStreets
11-15-2011, 10:18 PM
Yeah Adam I am gonna do pistons , rods , and brngs. this winter not sure when probably jan / feb .I also gotta sump the fuel tank , get another bosch 044 fuel pump to run a twin set up with a -10an feed and have the roll bar made 10 point and of course re tune it lookin for 700-800 on q16 and I wanna stay around 525-550 on pump .That should pretty well complete the car next it'll be the transmission then maybe paint in another year .

Damn. 800whp? That's crazy. What turbo you gonna do that on? Ad yea I am looking into doing my trans this winter/spring. And possibly the "level x" axles. Just so I know they won't really be a problem. Ad so I can actually launch hard instead of being easy.

vdubkilla
11-15-2011, 11:06 PM
Well the 35r should put me over 700 anyway maybe /hopefully better with bigger fuel system and bigger injectors .We are gonna take stock sleeves to about 36- 38 lbs of boost . I launched 20+ times this year well actually 40+ times if you count the burnout box . I am running dss 2.9 axles they are 450-500 hp rated and so far so good I launch at 6500 rpm in third gear at approxx 6-8 lbs of boost

PetefromtheStreets
11-16-2011, 11:19 AM
Damn. I didn't think the 35r would pump that much air. Sounds like it gonna be nasty. Can't wait to see it done. I'm gonna get the 5.9's from DSS. They come with hubs too so that will keep my axles good. If I break the trans...oh well. Lol I'll build that too. Lol

PetefromtheStreets
11-16-2011, 11:21 AM
dam sexy build... we made same power b4 blow up!!!

420 seems like a good number to hit then BOOM. Lol

vdubkilla
11-16-2011, 03:34 PM
Adam 420 is always a good number to hit :pimp:

vdubkilla
11-16-2011, 03:37 PM
Adam John said it should do 700-750 ish with the 35r on 36-38 lbs area which should be good for next season .

PetefromtheStreets
11-16-2011, 09:55 PM
Adam 420 is always a good number to hit :pimp:

Lmao

PetefromtheStreets
11-16-2011, 09:55 PM
Adam John said it should do 700-750 ish with the 35r on 36-38 lbs area which should be good for next season .

That's gonna be sick. Can't wait to see it.

PetefromtheStreets
11-16-2011, 11:48 PM
couple boxes arrived today. It was like Christmas. But early. Lol

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So pretty n purple n shit. Lol
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Will look good off the side of my black powdercoated fmic (which isn't welded nor powdercoated yet. Just dreaming. Lol)

And my ID 1000's came is also. Didn't grab photos of them today but will tomorrow.

Si Speed 317
11-17-2011, 11:45 AM
I love Christmas in November :turbohug: And I love Purpul <3 As for the fmic, wouldn't it have to be anodized to retain it's heat-dissipating characteristics? IIRC, powdercoating the fmic kills that (which would make your IC increase your IATs)

PetefromtheStreets
11-17-2011, 02:33 PM
depends on the thickness of the coating also. Too thick and yes it would increase iat's but have it thin enough and the heat can still dissipate. Atleast that's what I was told.

Si Speed 317
11-19-2011, 07:00 PM
That's a very good point. I guess the thinner the better in this case, but I believe anodizing has no adverse effects on heat dissipation (for others reading this) so that would be the way to go in the future. As long as your IATs are good, you're not in the hood! :giggle:

420Coupe
11-19-2011, 09:29 PM
only bad side to anodizing is it fades rather quickly with Heat, which turbo kits love to produce excess amounts. My red Tial Blow-off and vband are two different colors, the vband being and orangish red and the blowoff still original redish color still looks like its turning orange as well.

Spaz
11-19-2011, 10:16 PM
Purple... you ricer lol :beer::rotfl:


j/k j/k

I'm :jelly:

PetefromtheStreets
11-29-2011, 12:25 AM
Purple... you ricer lol :beer::rotfl:


j/k j/k

I'm :jelly:

lol i love that purple. matches my valvecover an dfuse box cover. im gonna get some rpf1's and get them powdercoated purple too. i :pray: it looks good int he end.

this winter i plan to get those 1-2nd gears and start playing with the car to get some seat time in before the track re-opens.

i got to drive my car for 1 week since she blew in february and i dont wish to have another year like this one.:nervous:

fre$h si
12-11-2011, 01:52 PM
is there a way to tell if u have a shitty pump/injectors before its too late?

Spoolin_VTEC
12-11-2011, 03:21 PM
That's a good question, well injectors could probably be told by e-tuners when they look at your logs, and pump, well, why would you think you have a shitty pump? Could be not receiving full 12 volts and that can def be fixed. What are your symptoms?

PetefromtheStreets
12-12-2011, 01:44 PM
is there a way to tell if u have a shitty pump/injectors before its too late?

We kept having to add like 5% fuel in cylinder 4 and sometimes it could be from flow of the intake manifold and such but that mixed with my online pump being left unplugged made my motor take a shit. If your worried your best bet is to send the injectors out and have them flow tested.

PetefromtheStreets
01-31-2012, 12:02 AM
This has been a slow rolling process for me but it's still coming along.

Been waiting forever for the sleeves.

And we got upgraded wrist pins for my weisco's

Ordered hybrid racing cables
Comes with the shift selector mechanism springs

Ordering the new ktuned full billet shifter in a couple weeks.

Car is being sent off to get caged.

&bull;6pt
&bull;dual swing-outs
&bull;Keeping all interior (street car)
&bull;having it painted (candy?) purple


&bull;Bought a 4.3FD for my 6speed
This will allow my to trap the 1/4 mile in 4th gear instead of 5th

Si Speed 317
01-31-2012, 07:48 PM
This has been a slow rolling process for me but it's still coming along.

Been waiting forever for the sleeves.

And we got upgraded wrist pins for my weisco's

Ordered hybrid racing cables
Comes with the shift selector mechanism springs

Ordering the new ktuned full billet shifter in a couple weeks.

Car is being sent off to get caged.

&bull;6pt
&bull;dual swing-outs
&bull;Keeping all interior (street car)
&bull;having it painted (candy?) purple


&bull;Bought a 4.3FD for my 6speed
This will allow my to trap the 1/4 mile in 4th gear instead of 5th
Nice man, glad to see its coming along! Candy purple :drooling: Yeaaa buddyy

PetefromtheStreets
02-02-2012, 02:14 AM
Just got done purchasing the new ktuned full billet shifter. Can't wait to install that with the new cables. Should have one helluva crisp feel.

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/2e0b337e.jpg

PetefromtheStreets
02-09-2012, 12:06 PM
Ktuned shifter is here. Thing is freaking dope.

Spaz
02-10-2012, 12:33 PM
to rich for my blood!

PetefromtheStreets
02-12-2012, 12:40 AM
Tax money my good man. Lol

vdubkilla
02-12-2012, 10:07 PM
Adam its lookin good man love the sleeved block what kinda numbers is the rotrex kit capable of these days ? I had an old jrsc on a gsr that was modded out , that was a lot of fun .But I hear these Rotrex kits are big number capable and thats gonna be sick with hope it all comes together good man it should your in good hands over there at Absolute. I'm sure I'll be seeing you in the next few months at Absolute of somewhere man hope all's well wit ya !!

PetefromtheStreets
02-13-2012, 11:12 AM
Thanks Mark. The rotrex has laid down 580+whp on a single blower application. The guy Jaydee over in Australia has gotten it to I believe ~590whp on methanol+ pump gas. So I hope to put down somewhere near that. I don't expect 600 but it would be nice lol. I wanna see your car out here soon getting dyno'd. Then to make some passes.

Spaz
02-13-2012, 10:07 PM
some serious numbers!

PetefromtheStreets
02-16-2012, 12:46 AM
So far in the last 24 hours I have:
Bought my tial 44 wastegate
Bought my cam-lock harnesses (g-force pro's) 5pt.
Bought the ssr rear window visor like on spaz's car now.
Bought ingalls front swaybar end links (mine snapped when lca bolt came out)
And set up a date to drop the car off for the cage to be made.

All in all a very expensive day. Lol.

Side note- I bought a blox 490g sphere shift knob to compliment the transformer of a shifter I have now. (i call it "shiftatron") And when talking weight you don't think 1.06lbs to be a lot but when it's such a small item weighing that much it's crazy. I'll be able to slam the brakes and the momentum that knob will have will allow me to downshift. Lol

PetefromtheStreets
02-21-2012, 01:34 AM
Just when things were starting to come along smoothly.... I find a tooth laying in my trans casing.

The tooth came off the input shaft 2nd gear. That's exactly what I needed at this point in my day.

Was just doing a simple final drive swap and bam. Lol smack in the face.

I was able to get a new input shaft from a friend so I'm good now.

Anyways. Here's a couple pics. The trans was painted black but I chose a flat aluminum look now.

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vdubkilla
02-23-2012, 08:50 AM
Lookin great Adam it really is if you can get those kinda numbers that will be Sick !! I just got done with a CT SC kit on my buddys 07 Si we were able to get 371 hp out of a custom after cooled m62 .We actually ran out of fuel up top so I am getting ready to do a return system on that this weekend and then re dyno the car next week

PetefromtheStreets
02-23-2012, 10:51 AM
Lookin great Adam it really is if you can get those kinda numbers that will be Sick !! I just got done with a CT SC kit on my buddys 07 Si we were able to get 375 hp out of a custom after cooled m62 .We actually ran out of fuel up top so I am getting ready to do a return system on that this weekend and then re dyno the car next week

Holy shit. 375 out of a m62 is pretty badass. What psi is he seeing. And how big of an aftercooler did y'all use. Thats high as fuck. Lol

Si Speed 317
02-23-2012, 05:45 PM
Lookin great Adam it really is if you can get those kinda numbers that will be Sick !! I just got done with a CT SC kit on my buddys 07 Si we were able to get 375 hp out of a custom after cooled m62 .We actually ran out of fuel up top so I am getting ready to do a return system on that this weekend and then re dyno the car next week
M62 is the normal CT blower like the JRSC? And 375whp is insane, is that all bc of the aftercooler? Is the car running meth?

Holy shit. 375 out of a m62 is pretty badass. What psi is he seeing. And how big of an aftercooler did y'all use. Thats high as fuck. Lol
I need to brush up on my blower terminology :giggle:

PetefromtheStreets
02-23-2012, 06:21 PM
I only know because of reading build threads otherwise I'd be lost. But yea thats a factory blower the m62 just like the JRSC. Once your past that I'm lost. Lol

vdubkilla
02-24-2012, 01:52 AM
Sorry I miss spoke in my previous post it was 371 hp w/a ported m62 blower(same blower as jrsc), IMT aftercooler stage 2 (first ever), custom intake , custom header , 3" fr exh NO METH .We had only expected to see 350 ish and ended up at 371/246 .We were at 14.5 psi but intake temps stayed very safe .We are gonna do the fuel sys mods and hit the dyno again next week thursday .We should see some improvements as the injectors duty cycle was way to high hitting 100% at 7600 rpm. We also wanna see what it will do on a roller dyno people love to rag on dynapack numbers as they are generally known to be higher by 5% ?? I dont really know but it will be good to see what it lays down on the dyno jet .

monjarassi
02-24-2012, 02:12 AM
looking good so far ancious for the finished product

Si Speed 317
02-25-2012, 03:19 PM
In for updates! Should be awesome

PetefromtheStreets
02-27-2012, 11:53 PM
Thanks guys. Motor is assembled and ready to install. I hit another snag with the FD swap. So I ordered those parts. Still waiting on the cage shop to get my car in the doors but for the time being it's in my garage. I hope to get it in there very soon so I can complete the build :spaz:

I was a bit excited so I decided I would install my SSR roof visor.

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monjarassi
02-28-2012, 12:23 AM
im glad to hear bout the motor

Si Speed 317
03-01-2012, 07:28 PM
Put the motor in!!!

Spaz
03-02-2012, 04:56 PM
looks like my visor

PetefromtheStreets
03-09-2012, 01:01 AM
Put the motor in!!!

Cars heading back to drop the motor in on Monday then fanning up the new fmic and w.g. Placement.

Spaz- yessir I bought the visor off crsx. I LOVE IT! lol

E85power
03-25-2012, 02:07 PM
So you said u had an injector problem? What happened? Where are the pics of your new 92 blower? And the fuel setup pics?



In on this build

PetefromtheStreets
03-25-2012, 08:57 PM
So you said u had an injector problem? What happened? Where are the pics of your new 92 blower? And the fuel setup pics?



In on this build

I was told I had an injector problem. When I took the car home to break in the motor I popped the hood up and looked at the fpr and I had 0 fuel pressure. So I quickly shut the car off and seen my secondary pump was undone. so I plugged it back in and I got pressure back. So I think that starved the motor of fuel yet somehow it still ran. . I think the real deal was the person who last worked on the car forgot to plug in my secondary fuel pump so my primary had to push fuel through a non powered up pump and burned out.

Anyways here some pics of the new blower. I never got around to updating with pictures. I'm getting less and less patient with my car at the moment.

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I upgraded from -6 to -8an feed line and kept a -6 return line. I don't have any pics of that though.

E85power
03-25-2012, 10:38 PM
That thing is fucking huge!

PetefromtheStreets
03-26-2012, 10:20 AM
That thing is fucking huge!

That's what she said! Lmfao.

Yea man can't wait to get it all together. It should be up and running in the next couple weeks. I really really hope it's done by Import Face Off but that's this Sunday and I doubt it will be. Who knows?

E85power
03-27-2012, 04:56 PM
This build is fucking gangster!

PetefromtheStreets
03-28-2012, 10:07 AM
This build is fucking gangster!

Thanks my dude :thumb:

Update: 3/28/12

So while I had the car in my hands (not running still) I took the opportunity to clean things up in the bay and install my HR shift cables/selector springs, and kTuned shifter.

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I also used heavy duty zip-ties to hold the cables together all the way to each bracket. It's a little secret I learned from an old school Honda enthusiast. For cable shifter cars its a great idea to do this. It prevents the shift cables from spreading apart when you are trying to power/speed shift. Also lessening the chance of you breaking a cable. I used a zip-tie about every inch apart. Then I heat reflector taped over it all. (not a fan of showing zip-ties in my bay)

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/f222c47b.jpg

Even without a trans hooked up to it all you can just tell this things gonna shift like a boss.

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/99850f1f.jpg

My trans is now my bitch!

And I picked up a couple shirts off turbojunky(dot)com

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Si Speed 317
03-28-2012, 12:00 PM
This build is fucking gangster!
:fyea:

Update: 3/28/12

So while I had the car in my hands (not running still) I took the opportunity to clean things up in the bay and install my HR shift cables/selector springs, and kTuned shifter.

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/d581df75.jpg

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/d8355cb4.jpg

I also used heavy duty zip-ties to hold the cables together all the way to each bracket. It's a little secret I learned from an old school Honda enthusiast. For cable shifter cars its a great idea to do this. It prevents the shift cables from spreading apart when you are trying to power/speed shift. Also lessening the chance of you breaking a cable. I used a zip-tie about every inch apart. Then I heat reflector taped over it all. (not a fan of showing zip-ties in my bay)

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/f222c47b.jpg

Even without a trans hooked up to it all you can just tell this things gonna shift like a boss.

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/99850f1f.jpg

My trans is now my bitch!

And I picked up a couple shirts off turbojunky(dot)com

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/af9753d2.jpg

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/65aba221.jpg

Gotta love a smooth shifting tranny! How did those cables connect/disconnect? One of my cables is fucked and I can't get into reverse. I'm probably going to need a new cable, but I'l a bit worried on how difficult that would be to swap. And the shirts are nice, post them in the GRFXP thread to spark some more interest for them to make some boosted shirts!

PetefromtheStreets
03-28-2012, 01:33 PM
:fyea:


Gotta love a smooth shifting tranny! How did those cables connect/disconnect? One of my cables is fucked and I can't get into reverse. I'm probably going to need a new cable, but I'l a bit worried on how difficult that would be to swap. And the shirts are nice, post them in the GRFXP thread to spark some more interest for them to make some boosted shirts!

Damn dude. In my car the cables werent hard to replace. Just taking heat shields down and such. But I'm not sure how the 06+ civic's come undone. I know the clips at the trans are the same so they just pry up and off. if I had to replace a cable due to breaking I'd definitely think about upgrading to the HR cables

Si Speed 317
03-28-2012, 02:11 PM
Damn dude. In my car the cables werent hard to replace. Just taking heat shields down and such. But I'm not sure how the 06+ civic's come undone. I know the clips at the trans are the same so they just pry up and off. if I had to replace a cable due to breaking I'd definitely think about upgrading to the HR cables

Yea I'm hoping this is an easy fix. I would get the HR cables, but $350 is quite a bit of dough and I'm not looking to spend that. I can get OEM honda cables at a discount, so I'm hoping that works out well. Lasted me 50k, and I'm pretty sure this only stretched because of the clutch change. My friend was a bit rough when removing the cable. No biggie though.

PetefromtheStreets
03-29-2012, 01:34 PM
So I'm beginning to become discouraged about my car an project. My motor has been assembled for a month now and I've had ALL the parts for some time now. But the shop is "falling behind" and doesn't have time yet to schedule my car in. I love the guys at the shop and don't want to hinder a friendship there but it's getting ridiculous now. My car has been there since august this time around.

Si Speed 317
03-29-2012, 06:52 PM
So I'm beginning to become discouraged about my car an project. My motor has been assembled for a month now and I've had ALL the parts for some time now. But the shop is "falling behind" and doesn't have time yet to schedule my car in. I love the guys at the shop and don't want to hinder a friendship there but it's getting ridiculous now. My car has been there since august this time around.

I know the feeling. IMHO, business is business, friendship is friendship. People mistake kindness for weakness, and that is unacceptable. It's well worth the wait, that feeling when you finally drive your car again is unlike any other feeling - especially for us gear heads. I was in an accident 14 weeks ago, broke my neck and my left leg. Had surgery, was in a neck brace for 13 weeks, and finally started driving a week ago. It's all I've been dreaming about, and an absolutely amazing feeling that was worth the wait. Now I know our situations are different and you've been waiting much longer than I have, but the moral is the same. Hope this helps.

PetefromtheStreets
03-31-2012, 01:39 AM
I know the feeling. IMHO, business is business, friendship is friendship. People mistake kindness for weakness, and that is unacceptable. It's well worth the wait, that feeling when you finally drive your car again is unlike any other feeling - especially for us gear heads. I was in an accident 14 weeks ago, broke my neck and my left leg. Had surgery, was in a neck brace for 13 weeks, and finally started driving a week ago. It's all I've been dreaming about, and an absolutely amazing feeling that was worth the wait. Now I know our situations are different and you've been waiting much longer than I have, but the moral is the same. Hope this helps.

Thanks buddy. I'm glad you have made a full recovery from the accident. I hope to enjoy my car once it's back. I just hope it's as good as I'm imagining it.

E85power
03-31-2012, 08:42 PM
I can't wait to get back to boosting myself :(

Spoolin_VTEC
04-03-2012, 01:14 PM
Thanks buddy. I'm glad you have made a full recovery from the accident. I hope to enjoy my car once it's back. I just hope it's as good as I'm imagining it.

It will be don't worry!

Spoolin_VTEC
04-03-2012, 01:28 PM
I can't wait to get back to boosting myself :(

Why haven't you been boosting? And you should post up in the E85 section, no one has yet!

E85power
04-07-2012, 07:08 PM
Waiting for ballin' parts to arrive to fix my cooling issues.. :)

E85power
04-20-2012, 11:38 PM
Allinfab FTW ;)

PetefromtheStreets
04-25-2012, 10:17 PM
Well guys. I'm a little scarce with updates but the motors in the car now.
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/7c03a722.jpg
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/34f356e0.jpg
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/b02a7e58.jpg

Just sold my old slicks tonight
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/6f139308.jpg


and tomorrow I plan to order these
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/47ddb5ab.jpg

monjarassi
04-25-2012, 11:52 PM
very nice updates, i like the radiator,,,

Spoolin_VTEC
04-26-2012, 04:38 PM
Sick! What's the schedule now? Will the car be ready for the summer?

PetefromtheStreets
04-29-2012, 09:42 PM
Thanks guys. I certainly hope the car will be done for summer. I'll die if not. Lol

I received a picture from my fabricator/tuner/shop owner!

This is the cars current look soon to be finished

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/12390ce3.jpg

Can you say FMIC? big enough for ya? ;) lol

I did order the wheels and once they come In on tuesday I drop them off to my buddy to powder coat them. Going to be black and purPUL!

I'm debating on wether or not to powder coat the FMIC black or not perhaps purple is an option as well but I don't think I'll go that far. (to showy for me).

Thanks for looking and baring with me on this long build.

I hope in the end it was all worth the time effort and stress.

It's for the love of the game!

monjarassi
04-29-2012, 11:45 PM
wow custom fmic, nice..

PetefromtheStreets
04-30-2012, 10:19 AM
wow custom fmic, nice..

Thanks. Hoping it will be a nice looking piece. I like custom things so it's one more thing to add to the list of one off. :thumbsup:

Si Speed 317
04-30-2012, 07:19 PM
Sick front mount! Welcome to the Front Mount club :wavey: Can't wait till this build is finished! Soo much win in one DC5

PetefromtheStreets
04-30-2012, 07:49 PM
Sick front mount! Welcome to the Front Mount club :wavey: Can't wait till this build is finished! Soo much win in one DC5

Thanks dude. I'm super excited. Lol And I had a front mount on my old setup just nowhere near as big or efficient as this is. Can't wait to see the side tanks finished finally With wastegate and BOV mounted.

PetefromtheStreets
05-04-2012, 07:09 PM
Ok so I received my rims for my slicks and was really shocked. They weigh 20lbs each with no tire on. so that's a no go. So I sent them back and downgraded to these wheels instead. :(
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/a91fc407.jpg

I also picked this up from the same guy (a friend of mine)
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/753590a4.jpg

Spaz
05-04-2012, 08:37 PM
i put together 3 of those S2K cluster swaps... pain in my ass lol

PetefromtheStreets
05-05-2012, 01:52 AM
Wanna do mine? What all did you have to do as far as the ect fix and gas gauge and speedo?

PetefromtheStreets
05-05-2012, 10:19 PM
Fmic is complete. Along with the charge piping.

We had to cut the supercharger outlet and weld on a cast 90* to get it to the back door of the fmic.

I didn't get the opportunity to take any pics but as soon as I get them I'll upload.

Also ordering the oil cooler Monday or tuesday so it will be in this week and installed upon arrival. Car can then fire up and do a few warm up procedures. An break ins. Then it's dyno time in about a week or 2. The build is finally nearing an end.

vdubkilla
05-07-2012, 11:46 AM
Wow Adam its been a wait for ya but I bet ya cant wait to get behind the wheel

PetefromtheStreets
05-07-2012, 12:01 PM
Wow Adam its been a wait for ya but I bet ya cant wait to get behind the wheel

Yea man. I has definitely been a wait. But it's coming along steadily now. I'm thankful for that. :upsidedownparty: :yay:

Si Speed 317
05-07-2012, 12:47 PM
That's awesome man! Nice S2K cluster, and no worries about the wheels. Function>Form all day long.

PetefromtheStreets
05-07-2012, 09:27 PM
That's awesome man! Nice S2K cluster, and no worries about the wheels. Function>Form all day long.

Thanks man. The dash I've seen in DIY's and from what spaz was saying, it's a bitch. Lol. I'm gonna get the plug n play harness from wire-worx an their all in one converter box. Should make life simple.

And I was joking about downgrading to different wheels. Lol my new wheels are 1/2 the weight of the summit wheels. I paid 200 total for my old wheels. These new ones are 2 times that each lol. But I got them for a steal from a friend so I was thankful for the hook up. Now I'm going to get them powdercoated purple centers and black barrels. The screws will be purple as well. Can't wait till its all completed.

PetefromtheStreets
05-10-2012, 08:55 PM
The FMIC is complete. Ordered the oil cooler on Tuesday should be here tomorrow. Along with another bottle of sx100 traction fluid. Most expensive oil ever. ($100/qrt) http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/0f441e07.jpg

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/2d1cb379.jpg

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/7e88534f.jpg

If all goes well the car should hit the dyno next week!!!! Get ready!

Si Speed 317
05-11-2012, 10:47 AM
Sick! And by traction fluid, is that a traction compound like pimp juice? Because $100 a quart just made my eyes pop. :wow:

PetefromtheStreets
05-11-2012, 10:53 AM
Sick! And by traction fluid, is that a traction compound like pimp juice? Because $100 a quart just made my eyes pop. :wow:

Lol. It's the only thing the rotrex can take. It's transmission fluid basically but a special blend I guess. And yes 100 bucks for 1 qrt. But the good thing is, normal applications only use one and the oil change interval is every 50k so not bad right? Lol

Si Speed 317
05-11-2012, 11:11 AM
Oh, well that's new info to me. Not bad at all, 50k intervals sounds great to me!

PetefromtheStreets
05-11-2012, 12:48 PM
Right dude. It's crazy lol.

PetefromtheStreets
05-12-2012, 08:32 PM
The oil cooler has been mounted in place. Oil lines to be ran on Monday and warm up procedures to follow. Then it's dyno time!

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/76df1a75.jpg

Si Speed 317
05-13-2012, 11:50 AM
:turbohug: :upsidedownparty: Looks awesome! Can't wait!

monjarassi
05-13-2012, 03:17 PM
dam those headlight look diff?

PetefromtheStreets
05-13-2012, 06:16 PM
:turbohug: :upsidedownparty: Looks awesome! Can't wait!

Thanks bro!

PetefromtheStreets
05-13-2012, 06:20 PM
dam those headlight look diff?

I've had them in the car for 2 years but they are the DEPO's for my year Rsx. Putting tsx projectors in after the builds done.

monjarassi
05-13-2012, 06:55 PM
its these rite?

http://www.topgearautosport.com/img/350/1011024OJ6.jpg

if so i like them, look diff and good

PetefromtheStreets
05-13-2012, 08:35 PM
its these rite?

http://www.topgearautosport.com/img/350/1011024OJ6.jpg

if so i like them, look diff and good

Yup that's them. Thanks man. I like em too. Just need a better projector. Not a fan of the ones that come in them.

monjarassi
05-13-2012, 08:39 PM
i hear ya

monjarassi
05-20-2012, 05:03 AM
hey is this ur car in the video?

http://youtu.be/d5xR0h4tVSE

PetefromtheStreets
05-20-2012, 11:28 AM
hey is this ur car in the video?

http://youtu.be/d5xR0h4tVSE

Yea that's my car.

PetefromtheStreets
06-04-2012, 10:16 AM
So I got my car back from the shop to send it out for the cage. And the blower is screwed up. So I emailed the company and am waiting to see what I can do.

My boy helpin me out.
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/b966d78f.jpg

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/b6bfb5cd.jpg

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/1795ed61.jpg

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/b1cd88fe.jpg

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/d15f4da2.jpg

vdubkilla
06-04-2012, 10:39 AM
Wow Adam you just cant get a break on this thing man .I hope they get the blower straightened out for ya man as you must have more patience than anyone I know as I am not sure how i may have reacted to such news lol i hope to see ya at the car show this coming weekend in oc

monjarassi
06-04-2012, 11:17 AM
what happened to the blower(turbo)??

PetefromtheStreets
06-04-2012, 03:30 PM
Wow Adam you just cant get a break on this thing man .I hope they get the blower straightened out for ya man as you must have more patience than anyone I know as I am not sure how i may have reacted to such news lol i hope to see ya at the car show this coming weekend in oc

Yea man it has been a rough ride. All in all I think it's gonna be worth it. I'm satisfied with johns work, and I'm just as positive ill feel the same about the tune.

And I can't make it this weekend to the show. I'm gonna get this car on the road. Lol and the goal is to have it 100% by my birthday. July 2nd.

PetefromtheStreets
06-04-2012, 03:40 PM
what happened to the blower(turbo)??

The blower impeller is scraping the housing when 2 bracket bolts get tightened. It's very strange but I will figure it out. Or I will just email Rotrex and see what I can do.

vdubkilla
06-04-2012, 07:30 PM
Oh I don't doubt you'll be happy when its done man its gonna be sick bro .I havent driven mine since Dec 8 th and wew I have now gotten to the point where I am so busy working we have only been working on the car a little at time if it would rain more I may be further along but the suns been shining so I've been working a lot I actually think I am gonna go ahead and have the block sleeved and plan on a late summer early fall complete date there are a few more things I want and the longer it sits in the garage the more goodies I'll buy :turbohug: :drooling2:

PetefromtheStreets
06-05-2012, 01:24 PM
Oh I don't doubt you'll be happy when its done man its gonna be sick bro .I havent driven mine since Dec 8 th and wew I have now gotten to the point where I am so busy working we have only been working on the car a little at time if it would rain more I may be further along but the suns been shining so I've been working a lot I actually think I am gonna go ahead and have the block sleeved and plan on a late summer early fall complete date there are a few more things I want and the longer it sits in the garage the more goodies I'll buy :turbohug: :drooling2:

It's been raining like crazy lately over on this side of the bridge. And yea a sleeved block would give you some piece of mind and a nice insurance. I've got some hurdles to get over with this build now and the she'll be on her way to glory. I'll be seeing you around more once the cars done. Some nice ocean trips are in store.

Good luck with your build as well and keep me updated.

E85power
06-06-2012, 11:32 AM
The blower impeller is scraping the housing when 2 bracket bolts get tightened. It's very strange but I will figure it out. Or I will just email Rotrex and see what I can do.


I was talking to Oscar Jackson jr the other day and he was saying that happens when it's over torqued.

PetefromtheStreets
06-06-2012, 12:55 PM
I was talking to Oscar Jackson jr the other day and he was saying that happens when it's over torqued.

I guess but I untorqued and returned back to spec to see if it made a difference and no. I did not. That doesn't mean it was not over torqued once before and just not has a Lyon issue with that but I contacted the company and they gave me a way around it I guess. So we'll see what happens in a few short days.

PetefromtheStreets
06-08-2012, 12:11 AM
Cage is done. Cars back home. Time to get to work tomorrow after work lol

Enjoy...

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/f7017c81.jpg

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/29af6500.jpg

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/a1ca31a9.jpg

Changing out the BOV spring to this 7psi spring and will be cranking her up this weekend after some modifications to the supercharger fins.

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/4c92331b.jpg

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/576cdc50.jpg

vdubkilla
06-08-2012, 09:28 AM
Lookin good Adam its not everyday ya see an RSX with a roll bar. I love it I also see you did the swing out on the passenger side also I've considered it as my side bar is a lot higher up but hey I figure if they cant get over the bar I probably dont want em in the car anyway Haha no fat chicks !

PetefromtheStreets
06-08-2012, 01:47 PM
Lookin good Adam its not everyday ya see an RSX with a roll bar. I love it I also see you did the swing out on the passenger side also I've considered it as my side bar is a lot higher up but hey I figure if they cant get over the bar I probably dont want em in the car anyway Haha no fat chicks !

LMFAO. That's right man. No fat chicks.

And thanks man. I gotta get the swing outs redone. I don't like how they are. Also my dad is a certified weld inspector for NASA and doesn't like the welds. Si he's getting a certified welder for NASA to come and TIG them all up. Gosh it pays off to have hook ups. Lol

Spaz
06-08-2012, 06:26 PM
adam that looks awesome!!!

PetefromtheStreets
06-10-2012, 01:39 AM
adam that looks awesome!!!

Thanks man. I'm gonna paint the cage tomorrow I think.

monjarassi
06-10-2012, 02:17 AM
love the cage

PetefromtheStreets
06-10-2012, 12:17 PM
love the cage

Thanks man. I'm in the process of painting it now.

I installed the carpet and cut out where the cage comes through. Then removed the carpet so I wouldn't scratch the paint trying to cut It after the cage is already painted. Doing the prep work now.

Will post pics in a. Few hours.

Spaz
06-10-2012, 10:38 PM
what color are you painting it?

PetefromtheStreets
06-11-2012, 11:24 AM
what color are you painting it?

I painted the cage wrinkle black. It was hard as hell to get even coating. Let's just say I failed. either way here's where I'm at...

Put some screen on there until I can make up an intake to go around my lower rad hose.
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/a5ed7314.jpg

Here's a back shot all painted. Was installing the interior back in.
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/ede24142.jpg

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/8240add3.jpg

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/b5624ebf.jpg

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/9ab8fbe1.jpg

As she sits until the front bumper goes on.
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/6a3e218c.jpg

Here's a couple vids.

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/c11e5eff.mp4

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/c8058992.mp4

monjarassi
06-11-2012, 11:01 PM
sounds sick!!!

PetefromtheStreets
06-12-2012, 09:36 AM
sounds sick!!!

Thanks man. She's come a long way.

PetefromtheStreets
06-17-2012, 11:46 PM
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/393b209c.jpg

She's back on the road fellas. Been a long time comin.

monjarassi
06-18-2012, 01:06 AM
not getting a grill?

what that in its place

PetefromtheStreets
06-18-2012, 10:36 AM
not getting a grill?

what that in its place

Nope no grille. I took the one out to provide max air flow to the oil cooler which is what that is.

Spaz
06-18-2012, 10:48 AM
holy shit with no front bumper that setup looks titties!!!!

I was going to place my oil cooler in the same place you put yours.

PetefromtheStreets
06-18-2012, 09:12 PM
holy shit with no front bumper that setup looks titties!!!!

I was going to place my oil cooler in the same place you put yours.

Haha. Thanks dude. And man that bumper covers all the goodies don't it? Lol. Not like a civic where you can cut the bumper and it look good.

vdubkilla
06-20-2012, 11:58 PM
Wow Adam I'm glad your on the road looks great man I bet your happy to be driving it again !

monjarassi
06-21-2012, 01:29 AM
how the cooling efficiency with the radiator?

Si Speed 317
06-21-2012, 10:06 AM
She's alive and well!! Awesome man i'm happy its finally done. Vids!?

Spaz
06-21-2012, 11:47 AM
^yeah any VIDS?!

PetefromtheStreets
06-21-2012, 03:58 PM
The radiator absolutely sucks. Got hot on me yesterday. So I contacted all in fab about him making me a radiator. I have to shoot him some measurements tonight after work.

Thanks guys. Driving the car has been amazing. It has so much more power at even my very limited parameters right now. 4 psi cut. Car has a very nice pull and I'm loving the 4.3FD. I have taken a couple videos I'll be sure to post them tonight or tomorrow. I have 400 miles on the setup right now. Looking for 1,000 then I'll tune it up and start hitting the track.

Si Speed 317
06-22-2012, 07:37 PM
Damn, that sucks that the radiator didn't work out as well as you planned. But an ALL-IN radiator will be sick! Make sure he posts up on the BoostedK20 facebook! And I hope you come to BoostedK20fest so I can see your car in person!

E85power
06-30-2012, 10:48 AM
Copy cat :p. JK


Derek is the man

Si Speed 317
06-30-2012, 08:39 PM
:yeahthat: Keep us updated on part DEUCE!

PetefromtheStreets
07-01-2012, 10:26 PM
Update:

Well the radiator is now the least of my problems. I took the car for a simple cruise to just put a couple more miles in for break in. Pulling away from paying my toll I noticed a knocking sound. So I got it to my cousins and by the time I got it there it had gotten a little worse. (only a min or 2 after the toll)

Pull the plugs and see 2-3-4 were lean. Number 1 was caked and baked in oil. We took a camera tool and looked in each cylinder and saw number 1 was covered in oil an 2-3-4 were lean. Meanwhile this motor hasn't seen any hard miles yet. All simple cruises. So we did a compression check and came up with 151,152, 151, 161 (1-2-3-4). The plugs in the car were bkr7e's which is not what I fun in the car so no idea why they were put in. I always run race 9's. Anyways the pans gotta be dropped and have to see If I can't grab ahold of rod 1 and shake to duplicate the noise and go from there.

PetefromtheStreets
07-01-2012, 10:28 PM
And my wideband gauge isn't workin correctly I guess because it deff wasnt in lean territory when I did the base map. But the plugs show otherwise.

monjarassi
07-02-2012, 01:26 AM
dam sucks to hear that mann

Si Speed 317
07-02-2012, 10:32 AM
Holy shit, who put 7's in the car?! I'd flip, how bad do you think is this gonna be?

PetefromtheStreets
07-02-2012, 12:58 PM
Holy shit, who put 7's in the car?! I'd flip, how bad do you think is this gonna be?

The shop put 7's in the car but I doubt that had the least bit of factor in it. But regardless it's a high boost car that never ran 7's.

My guess at this point is a new crank and new pistons. New rod and main bearings, basically here comes a new Motor build...

PetefromtheStreets
07-02-2012, 01:53 PM
dam sucks to hear that mann

Thanks dude.

k20fg
07-02-2012, 02:11 PM
Crap dude .. that sucks a fat one!
Where do you live at? I have a k24a1 I'd let you have for a good price.
Its built you'd just have to get some new slugs as it has 13.7:1 wiseco's in it right now.

Hope it isn't as bad as you think it is!

BoostedK20
07-02-2012, 02:56 PM
The shop put 7's in the car but I doubt that had the least bit of factor in it. But regardless it's a high boost car that never ran 7's.

My guess at this point is a new crank and new pistons. New rod and main bearings, basically here comes a new Motor build...
:FUU: When will you know what needs to be done for sure? Keep your head up, I know it sucks but worse things could happen. It's well worth the struggle.

Crap dude .. that sucks a fat one!
Where do you live at? I have a k24a1 I'd let you have for a good price.
Its built you'd just have to get some new slugs as it has 13.7:1 wiseco's in it right now.

Hope it isn't as bad as you think it is!

BoostedK20 member support FTW :spazapproved:

PetefromtheStreets
07-02-2012, 05:39 PM
Crap dude .. that sucks a fat one!
Where do you live at? I have a k24a1 I'd let you have for a good price.
Its built you'd just have to get some new slugs as it has 13.7:1 wiseco's in it right now.

Hope it isn't as bad as you think it is!

Thanks for the offer man. This block I have is already got money dumped in and I'm glad I only bored .5mm over so there's still meat on the sleeves for a bigger bore now. I believe I'm going to go with an 88mm bore now. But I should get a good idea this weekend. I'll take and upload pics and my thoughts on the severity of it all.

PetefromtheStreets
07-02-2012, 05:41 PM
:FUU: When will you know what needs to be done for sure? Keep your head up, I know it sucks but worse things could happen. It's well worth the struggle.


BoostedK20 member support FTW :spazapproved:

Yea man I'm glad I took it where I did when I hear the issue. My cousin had some great tools and is a great mechanic as well. So he had some good thoughts and all to help decipher what's going on.

E85power
07-04-2012, 01:24 AM
No good man I'm sorry to hear that :(



Keep us updated

Spoolin_VTEC
07-08-2012, 12:06 PM
How are things looking?

PetefromtheStreets
07-08-2012, 09:58 PM
How are things looking?

Motors coming out this weekend. And being pulled down to do a rebuild. Piston #1 has a couple fried rings I'm sure. Took a couple rod ends off and the bearings were still in the right position. They looked a bit scored to me though. What's your opinions???

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/2725c89a.jpg

Plug #1 heat range 7 plug. (not a damn clue why they were put in.) oil is baked on the ceramic part of the plug. Breakkleen and a wire brush didn't do and good.
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/1c039bc8.jpg

More pics and all to come once the motor starts coming out.

Spoolin_VTEC
07-15-2012, 02:38 AM
This is the second time I've heard of people putting in BKR7EIX plugs in on built motors. WTF?! Grab some BKR9EIX plugs, gap to .018-.020 and enjoy. As for if they are scored, I can't help. I have no clue.

PetefromtheStreets
07-27-2012, 04:43 PM
Well guys I tore apart the motor and found piston #1 to be scarred up. Here's a few pics of #1 and #2 pistons

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/732c733f.jpg

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/691ca327.jpg

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/8f0deff7.jpg

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/1ed603b5.jpg

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/53e1135f.jpg

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/ae41b089.jpg

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/04836ece.jpg

monjarassi
07-27-2012, 10:04 PM
dam why??

Spaz
07-27-2012, 10:41 PM
wow that is intense...

Si Speed 317
07-28-2012, 07:48 PM
:puke::deadhorse::FUU: Now what?

PetefromtheStreets
07-28-2012, 09:53 PM
That lies the issue. I'm not sure what happened. Some say it was lean, some say detonation, some say ring/piston failed.

All in all I have no clue. But what I do know is I will need to go 88-89mm bore which will require new pistons ect.

fre$h si
07-29-2012, 06:12 PM
ouch! :puke:

Si Speed 317
07-29-2012, 11:54 PM
Damn. This is why I'm afraid to build my motor. I always hear of how shops do poor jobs, accidents like this happening, etc. I wish I knew what to tell you man. Any weak parts in your build?

PetefromtheStreets
07-30-2012, 06:42 PM
Damn. This is why I'm afraid to build my motor. I always hear of how shops do poor jobs, accidents like this happening, etc. I wish I knew what to tell you man. Any weak parts in your build?

Not really anything weak. I used wiseco's, upgraded pins, Manley turbo tuff Rods, acl race bearings, arp rod bolts head studs ect. I'm looking at Manley pistons now for the build. 89mm. Gonna have them heat coated or something.

Si Speed 317
07-30-2012, 10:35 PM
Definitely no weak links.. which makes this a hard thing to diagnose for anyone I would imagine. And that should be quite a nice build. What hg are you going to go with?

PetefromtheStreets
07-31-2012, 05:38 PM
Definitely no weak links.. which makes this a hard thing to diagnose for anyone I would imagine. And that should be quite a nice build. What hg are you going to go with?

Head gasket? I believe mine to be a cosmetic multilayer. I'll use the same thing again just for a bigger bore.

VTECFRED
08-01-2012, 12:43 PM
This makes me sad man im sorry to hear about this.

But it makes me glad I did everything myself on my build. Because I wouldn't be able to keep myself from holding the shop responsible and im sure they don't give 2cents.

This is a nice build with respectable parts seems like things like this don't happen if it is put together right.

Do you have a picture of cylinder 1 walls?

To me it looks like cylinder 1 didn't have the proper amount of clearance for the piston to expand once it heated.

It probably came with a spec sheet that specified the needed clearance for heat expansion.

It looks like it was too tight



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PetefromtheStreets
08-01-2012, 02:23 PM
This makes me sad man im sorry to hear about this.

But it makes me glad I did everything myself on my build. Because I wouldn't be able to keep myself from holding the shop responsible and im sure they don't give 2cents.

This is a nice build with respectable parts seems like things like this don't happen if it is put together right.

Do you have a picture of cylinder 1 walls?

To me it looks like cylinder 1 didn't have the proper amount of clearance for the piston to expand once it heated.

It probably came with a spec sheet that specified the needed clearance for heat expansion.

It looks like it was too tight



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I have similar thoughts as well. I won't point fingers at the shop even though I asked for things and they weren't done. One of which I know would have cleared my name from this whole thing. I showed a picture of the top of that piston and the shop plus many others said it was too lean. I was owed a new sensor for my aem wide and. BUT I didn't get it. And of course me and the shop had no contact once I picked my car up and finished it myself until AFTER it blew up. It's whatever though. It's my fault for not checking to begin with.

I still believe you may be right about expansions ect but who really knows.

I will grab a shot of the cylinder wall tonight when I get home.

VTECFRED
08-01-2012, 02:53 PM
Post pictures of the top of the piston. I want to see why they think it was running lean.

running lean doesn't do that to the side skirt of your piston :( unless you have already burned through the ring lands

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PetefromtheStreets
08-01-2012, 10:36 PM
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/c13ff44c.jpg

That is the piston with the wrecked skirt.

VTECFRED
08-01-2012, 10:54 PM
Looks like 2 issues. Lean and too much timing. Can you take a picture of the other pistons and the rings of that piston on the clean side

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VTECFRED
08-01-2012, 11:05 PM
Just found a gold mine of information for you http://www.boosttown.com/engine/piston_damage.pdf

With pictures I might add I am going to read every word LOL and look at all the (Less than pretty) pictures

Enjoy

Si Speed 317
08-02-2012, 09:04 AM
^ Awesome

PetefromtheStreets
08-02-2012, 02:05 PM
Just found a gold mine of information for you http://www.boosttown.com/engine/piston_damage.pdf

With pictures I might add I am going to read every word LOL and look at all the (Less than pretty) pictures

Enjoy

After looking through that book a bit looks like its pointing to improper clearance I don't show signs of timing it doesn't look like detonation to me. I do say it's lean as well but none of the other pistons have the scarring on it like cylinder 1.

VTECFRED
08-03-2012, 12:05 AM
Do you have a micrometer? You measure all your cylinder walls and see what the difference is then at the very least ask for them to redo it the right way out get your money back.

Im difficult to deal with if I pay for a service that isn't done right. It is in moments like these that you find out what kind of business you're dealing with. I know mistakes happen that doesn't bother me as much as a company that doesn't stand behind their work or product.

For example I wont mention any names but I bought a turbo from a company and it smoked very badly but because it took me 4 months to get to a point where I could install it I was out of my 90 day return and exchange.

They were not willing to work with me at all. So I wrote a review on their website, posted my experience on their facebook page, and shared my experience on their youtube channel. Only after repeated attempts to give them a chance to make it right.

They asked me to remove my comments and shipped me a new turbo I just had to pay for shipping.

:):beer:
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PetefromtheStreets
08-03-2012, 02:28 AM
Do you have a micrometer? You measure all your cylinder walls and see what the difference is then at the very least ask for them to redo it the right way out get your money back.

Im difficult to deal with if I pay for a service that isn't done right. It is in moments like these that you find out what kind of business you're dealing with. I know mistakes happen that doesn't bother me as much as a company that doesn't stand behind their work or product.

For example I wont mention any names but I bought a turbo from a company and it smoked very badly but because it took me 4 months to get to a point where I could install it I was out of my 90 day return and exchange.

They were not willing to work with me at all. So I wrote a review on their website, posted my experience on their facebook page, and shared my experience on their youtube channel. Only after repeated attempts to give them a chance to make it right.

They asked me to remove my comments and shipped me a new turbo I just had to pay for shipping.

:):beer:
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I am now on my second built motor from the company. The tech who worked on the first motor was entirely to blame for the engine failure. But the shop didn't see it that way. I know what really happened but it's whatever. And in all honesty it could be that I had the motor too lean and it fried a ring and caused it to crack which then started scarring the skirt all up but who knows. BUT I do know if my owed O2 sensor was actually given to me and replaced that wouldn't even be a factor.

1-1/2 years in the shop and again here I sit with a fucked up motor...

Si Speed 317
08-04-2012, 08:51 PM
Do you have a micrometer? You measure all your cylinder walls and see what the difference is then at the very least ask for them to redo it the right way out get your money back.

Im difficult to deal with if I pay for a service that isn't done right. It is in moments like these that you find out what kind of business you're dealing with. I know mistakes happen that doesn't bother me as much as a company that doesn't stand behind their work or product.

For example I wont mention any names but I bought a turbo from a company and it smoked very badly but because it took me 4 months to get to a point where I could install it I was out of my 90 day return and exchange.

They were not willing to work with me at all. So I wrote a review on their website, posted my experience on their facebook page, and shared my experience on their youtube channel. Only after repeated attempts to give them a chance to make it right.

They asked me to remove my comments and shipped me a new turbo I just had to pay for shipping.

:):beer:
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I am now on my second built motor from the company. The tech who worked on the first motor was entirely to blame for the engine failure. But the shop didn't see it that way. I know what really happened but it's whatever. And in all honesty it could be that I had the motor too lean and it fried a ring and caused it to crack which then started scarring the skirt all up but who knows. BUT I do know if my owed O2 sensor was actually given to me and replaced that wouldn't even be a factor.

1-1/2 years in the shop and again here I sit with a fucked up motor...

This is just insane. I would have flipped a while ago. I understand mistakes happen, but you have to deal with this and then ALL-IN never gets back to you, it's just too much BS. The modding world shouldn't be like that

PetefromtheStreets
08-05-2012, 02:55 PM
This is just insane. I would have flipped a while ago. I understand mistakes happen, but you have to deal with this and then ALL-IN never gets back to you, it's just too much BS. The modding world shouldn't be like that

It's all good man. I see it like this... I'll take my time. I'll use what resources I can and I'll give credit to the companies who I deal with who do good work along the way. I won't bash anymore. Every shop has their horror stories just as they have their successes.

Si Speed 317
08-05-2012, 05:51 PM
^ Absolutely, but in my eyes the shops with horror stories that don't correct them should be known. It's one thing if they make an error and correct it, because after all we're only human. But to not correct a mistake and change the blame - that's a different story.

Glad you're staying positive throughout it all though

E85power
08-06-2012, 04:08 PM
Adam are you having a hard time getting ahold of derek@allinfab?

PetefromtheStreets
08-06-2012, 05:49 PM
Adam are you having a hard time getting ahold of derek@allinfab?

Yea just a little.

Si Speed 317
08-08-2012, 04:59 PM
:rotfl: Only a little

PetefromtheStreets
08-08-2012, 05:07 PM
^lol^

Si Speed 317
08-08-2012, 06:58 PM
:ohsnap: I said it! :ohsnap:

Spaz
08-08-2012, 08:14 PM
Once I recieve my kit (if I ever do) I will for sure voice my opinion about Derek at all-in-fab. Until then I don't need to piss him off anymore and have less customer service.....

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PetefromtheStreets
08-09-2012, 01:11 AM
Once I recieve my kit (if I ever do) I will for sure voice my opinion about Derek at all-in-fab. Until then I don't need to piss him off anymore and have less customer service.....

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I hear that man. I know what it's like to wait and wait and wait some more for someone else to do something for you.

Spaz
08-09-2012, 08:39 AM
Not fun for sure... waiting though isn't bad... being kept in the dark though not knowing anything or getting updates is what's the hardest part

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PetefromtheStreets
08-09-2012, 11:55 AM
Not fun for sure... waiting though isn't bad... being kept in the dark though not knowing anything or getting updates is what's the hardest part

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Definitely man. Well the good news for you is I saw his civic torn apart to do the mock ups for other orders he had to do so I assume you'll have it before too long now.

E85power
09-13-2012, 10:22 AM
Hey man what's the latest on your car?

PetefromtheStreets
09-14-2012, 03:14 PM
Hey man what's the latest on your car?

Picking up a k24a2 Saturday and will install over the next couple weeks. Anything new with yours?

E85power
09-15-2012, 11:49 AM
Nothing yet. Waiting on some parts to arrive :)

E85power
09-17-2012, 08:54 AM
Adam I'm dying to know what this 92 can produce power wise so get on it :p

PetefromtheStreets
09-17-2012, 04:38 PM
Adam I'm dying to know what this 92 can produce power wise so get on it :p

Lmao. Me too dude. I'm waiting in a couple fittings and once I get rolling again I can start posting pictures again. But this is where it's at for now.

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/305A9753-EA29-418D-A7C7-CD0DAFBB8942-15544-00000E020CFBB851.jpg

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/97D2BB0C-E750-43CF-8D76-86A3F43B06A2-15544-00000E01DE161064.jpg

E85power
09-18-2012, 08:30 AM
At least you have a motor that's a start :)

Spaz
09-18-2012, 08:57 AM
I love bringing home a new k24 lol

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PetefromtheStreets
09-18-2012, 04:05 PM
At least you have a motor that's a start :)

Yessir. Tapping the ports on the head tonight so they will be ready for the motor to drop in after I clean up the motor some.

PetefromtheStreets
09-18-2012, 04:07 PM
Hell yea dude. Rather good news was there was still blue coolant in the motor when I pulled the thermostat. Means to me that it was low mileage like advertised and it was maintained.

PetefromtheStreets
09-19-2012, 01:02 AM
9/18/12

So today I picked up a couple fittings from a friend to plug and plumb the head of the k24a2 since I'm using a modified RBC intake manifold. So I went out and bought a set of taps.

I needed 3/8" NPT and 1/2" NPT taps.
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/F60882E0-44E4-4B2B-91A5-FFF9418923B1-17457-0000100B4041FEA6_zps341a738e.jpg

So I got home and got to work.

I broke out a 16mm 12pt socket as my tap wrench since I couldn't find a proper tool.

I wanted to ensure No metals got into the head at all so for the EGR port I bundled a paper towel and put that in the hole to catch the shavings
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/E62E5B22-0DD1-403C-B801-928C9C6323B2-17457-00001007A87F3159_zps8b9446bf.jpg

Then lubed up the tap with some liquid wrench
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/7A3324DA-6EB0-4BFA-8BC0-AD22C9376C41-17457-00001007BC4465BE_zpsf658d1ff.jpg

And started tapping
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/5866792F-A185-465E-82E3-84102AE7A5C2-17457-00001007B671278F_zps6cb4b484.jpg

I went in about a 1/2" and reversed to clear the flutes. Here's why I had the paper towel in the hole.
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/EA2BD6C0-2298-4E9B-8708-6D1A42138643-17457-00001007ADE72CB8_zps6051196b.jpg

Pulled the paper towel out using needle nose pliers. And the outcome was
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/1849C6C6-1101-420E-AF18-1118F88A6501-17457-00001007C1B14AEF_zps8231e654.jpg

A decent looking thread.

Moved onto the coolant port of the head and finished.
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/C0C8109D-BEDC-4B4C-919A-2698D7664390-17457-00001007A0113A03_zpsfb17f647.jpg

Added the hoses and thermostat housing
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/222169BB-E534-4203-87B9-5E6E6F984E9F-17457-000010079A729C82_zps677b0bcd.jpg


Along the way I put my belt tensioner, alternator, and ac compressor.

Still a few more things to be done then I can install.

I will not be installing the blower right away. So it will be weak and powerless but at least it will be driveable.

monjarassi
09-19-2012, 01:52 AM
Nice start I remember tapping my z3 head too.

Spaz
09-19-2012, 07:27 AM
I was going to tap mine if I stayed supercharged. Nice work

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PetefromtheStreets
09-19-2012, 09:39 AM
Thanks guys. Never did it before and was trying my best not to wreck the head. But turned out much easier then I thought.

Spaz
09-19-2012, 09:54 AM
oh yeah that aluminum cuts easy!

PetefromtheStreets
09-19-2012, 12:35 PM
oh yeah that aluminum cuts easy!

Yea man. I'm tap plastics at my job so I was used to the process but the material was a huge change of pace for me.

E85power
09-19-2012, 01:23 PM
Slap this bitch in already :p

PetefromtheStreets
09-19-2012, 03:09 PM
Slap this bitch in already :p

Lmao. I'm trying man. I killed myself by buying it do I have to wait a week or 2 to order the remaining sensors

PetefromtheStreets
09-19-2012, 03:10 PM
I also need an intake. Anybody got anything I can borrow a while? Lol

E85power
09-19-2012, 05:40 PM
Just buy a piping kit for $120 off eBay lol and slap that 92 on there foo! :p

PetefromtheStreets
09-20-2012, 01:26 AM
Just buy a piping kit for $120 off eBay lol and slap that 92 on there foo! :p

Don't wanna spend any money on part I don't plan to keep. But the 92 won't be going on right away. This k24 I "supposed" to be my spare motor. That was the stipulation of me being able to buy it. I'll work around it after a few weeks. Lol.

PetefromtheStreets
09-20-2012, 01:47 AM
Here she sits for the end of the day.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/09/20/5a4y4yby.jpg
77

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/09/20/sa9y9u8u.jpg

Just waiting. Lol

Here's a link to a DIY I did on a free flywheel holder tool.

http://www.BoostedK20.com/forums/showthread.php?t=462

E85power
09-20-2012, 10:01 AM
Looks fucking amazing! A fresh valve cover goes along way :)


Hahahaha.. Yeah I hear ya. Just slap the 92 on :p

You know you will miss the power and the instant boost response :p

Haha jk looks good bud

PetefromtheStreets
09-20-2012, 11:12 AM
Looks fucking amazing! A fresh valve cover goes along way :)


Hahahaha.. Yeah I hear ya. Just slap the 92 on :p

You know you will miss the power and the instant boost response :p

Haha jk looks good bud

Hahaha. Your not lying man. I have missed boost since it blew up again. Lol. Trust me the blower will make its debut again shortly. I plan to street tune the car mostly and I'll pay to do a couple pulls on the dyno locally.

Si Speed 317
09-23-2012, 12:22 PM
Looks good!! What's left now?

PetefromtheStreets
09-23-2012, 02:39 PM
Looks good!! What's left now?

Thanks dude. Possibly picking up the remaining 2 sensors today. Then I can put the motor in. I had to do some wiring clean up all day yesterday. It was a horrible mess.

PetefromtheStreets
09-23-2012, 06:00 PM
It's 6pm EST in MD. motors in. Waiting in 2 sensors and to button things up like header, exhaust, make an intake wire in wideband AGAIN! And add fluids.

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/FA851A5D-6C12-4D29-B662-A944DC9CB4AC-5177-00000484447A16B9_zps43adeaf2.jpg

PetefromtheStreets
09-24-2012, 09:19 PM
Today was quite unsuccessful. Being a single parent, finding time to work on the racecar is near impossible. So I manage to get an hour here and there to work on it but then I'm back on duty. I can't complain though, He's the best little guy ever. But I do work on the car once he's asleep. Problem then is my mom is asleep so I have to be quiet. I don't know if any of you have tried to pull and replace a motor in near silence but you get very little accomplished.

Today was heater hoses. Since the tsx motor has the ports just a tad farther away then the rsx motor I had to get regular hose and route it myself. No big deal. But I used a couple pieces to help make the bends possible with a straight non pre-formed hose.

Here's how they came out.
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/590CE93D-EFC8-403C-9EDC-59B10474CB5B-6717-000005B15E3F9615.jpg

Trying to make those bends would be impossible without these things.

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/F4CFD95B-C12D-4C08-B9F0-1B54B24F2EBE-6717-000005B156CE23BD.jpg

While I was at the store I bought hair clips for the shifter cables as well.

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/4C2267A6-EE81-4E10-A217-66FAEE670E96-6717-000005B153071B6C.jpg
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/8AF12F62-9B29-4B2C-9DD5-02EC1E81A373-6717-000005B14D30CC35.jpg

Looks pretty good to me. Much better then fussing with cotter pins and personally looks better.

So that's all I've gotten to do so far this week.

PetefromtheStreets
09-25-2012, 09:55 AM
So after my son went to sleep I went back to the garage to install my new wideband sensor and to rewire the gauge. All said and done the gauge stays at 14.8 after it cycles on. It's in position P0-P1. Even after the O2 heats up in open atmosphere it stays at 14.8 and stays there even when brakekleen soaked rag is on it. Connections are tight and the sensor is BRAND new. I'll do a continuity check later tonight between the ends to make sure all is good. But do you guys have any experience with this issue?

Si Speed 317
09-27-2012, 09:56 AM
It's 6pm EST in MD. motors in. Waiting in 2 sensors and to button things up like header, exhaust, make an intake wire in wideband AGAIN! And add fluids.

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/FA851A5D-6C12-4D29-B662-A944DC9CB4AC-5177-00000484447A16B9_zps43adeaf2.jpg
Don't forget your oil cooler, intercooler, and radiator :beer:

Today was quite unsuccessful. Being a single parent, finding time to work on the racecar is near impossible. So I manage to get an hour here and there to work on it but then I'm back on duty. I can't complain though, He's the best little guy ever. But I do work on the car once he's asleep. Problem then is my mom is asleep so I have to be quiet. I don't know if any of you have tried to pull and replace a motor in near silence but you get very little accomplished.

Today was heater hoses. Since the tsx motor has the ports just a tad farther away then the rsx motor I had to get regular hose and route it myself. No big deal. But I used a couple pieces to help make the bends possible with a straight non pre-formed hose.

Here's how they came out.
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/590CE93D-EFC8-403C-9EDC-59B10474CB5B-6717-000005B15E3F9615.jpg

Trying to make those bends would be impossible without these things.

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/F4CFD95B-C12D-4C08-B9F0-1B54B24F2EBE-6717-000005B156CE23BD.jpg

While I was at the store I bought hair clips for the shifter cables as well.

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/4C2267A6-EE81-4E10-A217-66FAEE670E96-6717-000005B153071B6C.jpg
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/8AF12F62-9B29-4B2C-9DD5-02EC1E81A373-6717-000005B14D30CC35.jpg

Looks pretty good to me. Much better then fussing with cotter pins and personally looks better.

So that's all I've gotten to do so far this week.
Those hose bending things are pricey per unit, but sure as hell make life easier! I have one on my oil return, very awesome things. And the hair clips were a great idea, I agree!

So after my son went to sleep I went back to the garage to install my new wideband sensor and to rewire the gauge. All said and done the gauge stays at 14.8 after it cycles on. It's in position P0-P1. Even after the O2 heats up in open atmosphere it stays at 14.8 and stays there even when brakekleen soaked rag is on it. Connections are tight and the sensor is BRAND new. I'll do a continuity check later tonight between the ends to make sure all is good. But do you guys have any experience with this issue?

That is a bit weird, I'd contact AEM and see what they say. Did you replace the O2 sensor on it?

PetefromtheStreets
09-27-2012, 12:37 PM
Don't forget your oil cooler, intercooler, and radiator :beer:

Those hose bending things are pricey per unit, but sure as hell make life easier! I have one on my oil return, very awesome things. And the hair clips were a great idea, I agree!


That is a bit weird, I'd contact AEM and see what they say. Did you replace the O2 sensor on it?

Hahaha. Yea I need those things at minimum as well lmao :beer:
The clips definitely make life easier. I hate using cotter pins.

And yup the sensor is brand spankin new. Im going to check conductivity between both ends of my cable and see if there's a broken wire or short.

PetefromtheStreets
09-27-2012, 10:28 PM
I'm 98% sure the harness for my wideband is bad. Colors were mismatched when doing conductivity tests ect. So I'm ordering a new harness today/tonight. Getting plugs tomorrow or Saturday and finalizing everything else this weekend. Hopefully the harness can get shipped fast and we'll have a first start early next week.

My friend (who lurks and doesn't post on here yet!!!!) had a couple left over pressure plate bolts from the stock clutch so we used them to hold down his clutch slave cylinder. I thought it looked good enough that I asked for 2 so I could do mine. Lol. It's a simple sweet pleasure and keeps me going. Lol.

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/2AE6004F-06CD-4BFA-AD1C-02C0F86E32DD-2633-0000018A95469CB8.jpg

Here's the garage

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/3F30456E-F2CB-4879-8691-CB58C1536F01-2633-0000018A97AEF114.jpg

And means the boy working on our racecars

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/0DDC6EEF-2EAB-47CC-9EB5-C9D315E0CC62-2633-0000018A93AAEACB.jpg

vdubkilla
09-28-2012, 07:40 AM
lol at your kid in the back round Adam good to see the car is coming along. I have not been on here lately as it was a hectic summer .I really have not followed your thread lately but looks like your rollin along with it pretty good to me .

PetefromtheStreets
09-28-2012, 09:15 AM
lol at your kid in the back round Adam good to see the car is coming along. I have not been on here lately as it was a hectic summer .I really have not followed your thread lately but looks like your rollin along with it pretty good to me .

Thanks mark! Yea she's rolling soon now. Ordered a seat bracket for the kirkey to go in. So that's squared away. Then I have to wait for this wideband harness to come in as well.

I heard that you were thinking if selling your car. Is that true or no?

vdubkilla
09-28-2012, 09:39 AM
It was debated I even posted some stuff on k20a and have since decided to keep it , run it , raise hell with it .I have done to much come to far and have made way to many friends in the Honda world to get rid of it. Besides if you try to sell anything right now everyone low balls ya and thinks that shit should be given away f..k that I am gonna finish this lil monsta and have fun with it ! I actually had one guy go apply to borrow money to buy some of my stuff his loan hadn't gone thru yet and I called and told him it was no longer for sale he responded after he went thru all this ! lmfao thats a bunch of bullshit ha ! after all he went thru f..k that too I have gone thru much, much more and like I said have come way to far with this build to turn back now so some peeps better look the f..k out cause I'm comin trust me I'm comin ! the car will be better , stronger and faster than ever. I am good to people and tired of getting shat on I'm the guy you can call at 2 am and I'll come help ya out its a shame people get jealous and talk shit on me they dont know the real me as I aint one to f..k with :biggrin:

PetefromtheStreets
09-28-2012, 11:49 AM
It was debated I even posted some stuff on k20a and have since decided to keep it , run it , raise hell with it .I have done to much come to far and have made way to many friends in the Honda world to get rid of it. Besides if you try to sell anything right now everyone low balls ya and thinks that shit should be given away f..k that I am gonna finish this lil monsta and have fun with it ! I actually had one guy go apply to borrow money to buy some of my stuff his loan hadn't gone thru yet and I called and told him it was no longer for sale he responded after he went thru all this ! lmfao thats a bunch of bullshit ha ! after all he went thru f..k that too I have gone thru much, much more and like I said have come way to far with this build to turn back now so some peeps better look the f..k out cause I'm comin trust me I'm comin ! the car will be better , stronger and faster than ever. I am good to people and tired of getting shat on I'm the guy you can call at 2 am and I'll come help ya out its a shame people get jealous and talk shit on me they dont know the real me as I aint one to f..k with :biggrin:

I hear that man. I completely understand what being shit on feels like. I'm gonna finish my little setup as well and can't wait to see yours roll out. Definitely keep me in the loop man. I'd love to see it done.

vdubkilla
09-28-2012, 07:03 PM
Cool Adam your one of the good guys man a good dude and a great Dad it shows man that little boy of yours loves ya man I have mad respect for guys like you :hail: as you deserve the best and anything I can ever help you with I'll be glad to ride up there and lend a hand anytime .The build looks great so far lmk if ya need anything as I am getting to know these k series engines and transmissions and have turned a few wrenches in my day !

PetefromtheStreets
09-28-2012, 07:19 PM
Cool Adam your one of the good guys man a good dude and a great Dad it shows man that little boy of yours loves ya man I have mad respect for guys like you :hail: as you deserve the best and anything I can ever help you with I'll be glad to ride up there and lend a hand anytime .The build looks great so far lmk if ya need anything as I am getting to know these k series engines and transmissions and have turned a few wrenches in my day !

I appreciate that a lot mark. It means a lot man. And I'll take you up on that offer sometime man. It would be good to see you again and working in the car or a car is always fun to me. Almost second nature at this point. Haven't slept in forever lol. When the boy goes down I'm out to the garage. Haha.

PetefromtheStreets
10-02-2012, 09:27 PM
Well my UEGO wiring harness came in today. great news is that fixe my wideband issue. So as soon as my plugs, and O2 bungs come in from kseriesparts.com
My nylon hose from summit, and my remaining push to connect air fittings come in from McMaster-carr... I'll be able to start the thing up.

PetefromtheStreets
10-03-2012, 03:08 PM
Looked like Christmas today at work. Was receiving boxes left an right from UPS and FedEx.

Summit:
Kirkey seat cover for a badass seat
1/8" nylon hose for pressure regulator
1/4" nylon hose for BOV
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/5A245228-44F0-4A0E-9E1B-074601CCC609-8814-000003D3F299550A.jpg
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/20AC6D10-5FA7-4BC5-8C58-79AB01BE170E-8814-000003D449E0D86A.jpg

CRSX:
Vibrant O2 sensor bungs for aem wideband sensor

And plugs.

McMaster-Carr:
1/4" push-to-connect fitting
1/8" push-to-connect fitting
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/678C2D45-F890-4639-AFB4-C8D9B345F3B4-8814-000003D443D707DA.jpg

Should be able to start the car tonight. Just have to weld to O2 bung in and route the UEGO harness to the gauge.

PetefromtheStreets
10-03-2012, 11:37 PM
Well I couldn't start the car only because the 2 air fittings I received today were too big. I ordered 1/4" NPT. I knew better but didn't check first so lesson learned.

But I managed to weld in the new O2 bung. And my friend put the cover on my seat. It's actually more comfortable then I thought. Thankfully. Lol

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/36B06C1B-46E5-4BDE-AAC0-86A3D9649803-9582-00000422680C5EFB.jpg

Once I hit that point I decided to wait until tomorrow to start it. I'll have more time to triple check things. And I just finished grinding the calipers to fit the 15" wheels for my slicks.

Before:
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/858660A0-8196-4C6A-ADD7-157579C2E318-9582-0000042256B4F320.jpg

After:
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/C5111DE0-EF62-4012-9060-83D4F487417A-9582-0000042259120B55.jpg

End result:
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/11A7A6FA-2C9F-432E-91DD-53DC0298897B-9582-00000423DD15BB11.jpg

monjarassi
10-04-2012, 09:06 AM
Nice wheel choice

PetefromtheStreets
10-04-2012, 09:23 AM
Nice wheel choice

Thanks man. Exospeed star 8's.

PetefromtheStreets
10-04-2012, 12:03 PM
I love McMaster-Carr. Bought the fittings yesterday at lunch when I realized the ones I had were too big and I have them in hand. Glad they ship fast.

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/A778A67F-B4F3-412A-ACEC-E1AEE599311D-10148-0000046B51E425A9.jpg
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/BA18C463-6467-42DC-A6D0-43EC3CC1F667-10148-0000046B5462C338.jpg

This means the car WILL fire over tonight.

VTECFRED
10-04-2012, 12:36 PM
Can't beat that :)

Sent using my Galaxy S3

PetefromtheStreets
10-04-2012, 10:44 PM
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/C6713D84-C2D3-4296-B152-2D9314B56F27-11214-000004C3937DC695.mp4

Car started to overheat on its first start up because the thermostat wasn't opening. So I took it out all together.

But the car was picking up quite a bit of knock doing a couple free revs. Not very high. Maybe 3500-4k rpm.

monjarassi
10-04-2012, 11:14 PM
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz159/adm_rsx/C6713D84-C2D3-4296-B152-2D9314B56F27-11214-000004C3937DC695.mp4

Car started to overheat on its first start up because the thermostat wasn't opening. So I took it out all together.

But the car was picking up quite a bit of knock doing a couple free revs. Not very high. Maybe 3500-4k rpm.

I had the same issue n it ended up being my valve adjustment on the knock

PetefromtheStreets
10-05-2012, 09:36 AM
I had the same issue n it ended up being my valve adjustment on the knock

So did you just adjust the valve lash?

monjarassi
10-05-2012, 11:12 AM
Yes n my knock went away

PetefromtheStreets
10-05-2012, 12:36 PM
Yes n my knock went away

Great thanks. I'll give that a try.

vdubkilla
10-07-2012, 10:29 AM
Adam is the cooling system bled out properly ? K series cooling systems are a pia especially if the system was completely empty .Did you jack the car up in the front as high as your jack will go ? Stick a funnel in the rad and allow it to run while monitoring the level in the funnel ? also helps if prior to beginning the process you pull the top hose and fill the block that with a temporary hose at the block fitting leaving the rad hose a little loose at the rad so you can turn it quickly and put it on the block fitting you spill a little coolant this way but it helps fill it .I had the same issues with overheating when I first did my swap and after ordering a new t stat for no reason and some searching I now have no issues bleeding out my cooling system anytime I have needed to .As far as the knock not really sure what to tell ya superchargers are noisy and will likely cause some knock don't most / a lot of tuners disable the knock sensor anyway especially on a s/c set up

PetefromtheStreets
10-07-2012, 02:40 PM
Adam is the cooling system bled out properly ? K series cooling systems are a pia especially if the system was completely empty .Did you jack the car up in the front as high as your jack will go ? Stick a funnel in the rad and allow it to run while monitoring the level in the funnel ? also helps if prior to beginning the process you pull the top hose and fill the block that with a temporary hose at the block fitting leaving the rad hose a little loose at the rad so you can turn it quickly and put it on the block fitting you spill a little coolant this way but it helps fill it .I had the same issues with overheating when I first did my swap and after ordering a new t stat for no reason and some searching I now have no issues bleeding out my cooling system anytime I have needed to .As far as the knock not really sure what to tell ya superchargers are noisy and will likely cause some knock don't most / a lot of tuners disable the knock sensor anyway especially on a s/c set up

What's up mark. I had the radiator cap off still for those exact reasons. To allow the system to bleed out. Problem was my radiator was ice cold. As we're both coolant hoses. So I pulled the T stat out and did like you mentioned by pouring coolant into the head and block directly. But the car runs at 150-170 now. Don't even need the fan on anymore. Lol

As for the knock. The supercharger is not installed. It's all motor as of now. But seems like some tuning has helped it some. Still need to do a valve lash just in case.

vdubkilla
10-07-2012, 05:37 PM
Cool Adam glad you got thell I didn't even realize you were all motor this time guess I need to pay a lil more attention is evrything ok with the car now or ya still have any issues left to take care of ?

PetefromtheStreets
10-07-2012, 07:21 PM
Cool Adam glad you got thell I didn't even realize you were all motor this time guess I need to pay a lil more attention is evrything ok with the car now or ya still have any issues left to take care of ?

Yea man. Took the blower off to ensure this motor I picked up was a good sound enginep

U4EN
10-07-2012, 08:56 PM
nice man....

just wondering why not lower the comp to 9:1.

PetefromtheStreets
10-08-2012, 11:35 AM
It's an internally stock motor so I didn't want to break it open just yet.

And superchargers react well to higher compression.

PetefromtheStreets
10-12-2012, 01:06 AM
I've been tuning the car over the past few days but for some reason I can get the thing to idle down for shit. It idles about 1700-2k. It's freaking stupid and I can't quite figure out why.

PetefromtheStreets
10-12-2012, 01:07 AM
But as I was tuning... a b16 hatch, a G35 6speed, and vette all wanted a shot at the rsx.

I raced the g35 first. Didn't have any issue pulling right off the jump.

Raced the hatch an that too I didn't have an issue with pulling.

The vette though, That posed a threat. 3rd gear roll on I jumped out about a car. Then he would cruise right on by. We ran it like 4 times. Same result every time. I didn't expect anything different being its an all stock k24a2 with bolt ons street tuned.

But when the blower goes on we are goin to run it back again.

fre$h si
10-12-2012, 01:22 AM
did u figure out the high rev? maybe it was a vac leak?

monjarassi
10-12-2012, 10:55 AM
I've been tuning the car over the past few days but for some reason I can get the thing to idle down for shit. It idles about 1700-2k. It's freaking stupid and I can't quite figure out why.

signs of a sticky iacv.. maybe a good clean and lube will free it up

PetefromtheStreets
10-12-2012, 04:01 PM
signs of a sticky iacv.. maybe a good clean and lube will free it up

Iacv is disabled and unused man. :(

PetefromtheStreets
10-12-2012, 04:05 PM
The Iacv is disabled and unused though.

monjarassi
10-12-2012, 05:27 PM
Might need to adjust the throttle stopper screw

PetefromtheStreets
10-12-2012, 07:23 PM
Might need to adjust the throttle stopper screw

I did that too. Haha. I can't stop thinking its in the tune. I have idle set at 1,000rpm.

vdubkilla
10-12-2012, 08:47 PM
Adam what intake are you using ?? is it an RBC and if so did you have to modify it / cut it ?? or was it already modified / cut ?? I had a similar issue when I first did my swap a few yrs ago, turned out the guy who I bought my swap from cut the RBC a little to much and it had an air leak causing a high idle .Have you tried spraying anything around the intake manifold mounting area to see if the idle changes any ? It sure sounds like you have an air leak somewhere to me

Si Speed 317
10-12-2012, 09:25 PM
Damn, i've been slacking with posting. Life hits hard sometimes. Glad everything is back together and the car is running well - mostly. Love the shot with you and Aiden working on the whips! Made me smile, haha.

As for your idle, let's try to diagnose what the issue could be. Have you done a gas test to see if you have a leak anywhere?

PetefromtheStreets
10-13-2012, 01:37 AM
No I haven't done any diagnostics yet. I'm slacking. Lol. But not too much though. I went to the track tonight I get a few passes in to see how tuning was going.

1st pass was horrible. I forgot how much the cars exhaust banged the bottom of the car and the car wheel hopped horribly. So I had to let out and I hoped back on it hit 2nd an it pulled nice. WOT shifted to 3rd and the car yanked right hard as shit. Let out, hit it again and it yanked towards the wall again so I coasted through the rest of the 1/4. Went a 16.204 @ 68mph. Hahaha. The track was oil'd down evidentially. A brand new 2013 Shelby cobra almost wrecked the next race after mine.

2nd pass I was more prepared. And they prepped the track. Had to leave like I was at a stop light to keep the wheel hop away but managed to run a 14.0 @ 103. So I went in the computer looked at the log. Decided everything was still cool an that I just needed to shift faster.

3rd pass was the winner. I had a decent launch for the track conditions and wot shifted 2-3 and 3-4 an turned out a 13.8 @ 103mph. So I ha hit my goal for the night I running a 13 sec pass all motor. Which is actually the fastest my rsx ever went while all motor. So FUCKYEA! Lol

I was never so excited to see a 13 sec time slip in my life haha.

PetefromtheStreets
10-13-2012, 01:39 AM
Damn, i've been slacking with posting. Life hits hard sometimes. Glad everything is back together and the car is running well - mostly. Love the shot with you and Aiden working on the whips! Made me smile, haha.

As for your idle, let's try to diagnose what the issue could be. Have you done a gas test to see if you have a leak anywhere?

How have things been going man? And thanks man. He likes wing out there with me "fixing my racecar" lol

As for the revving I haven't diagnosed or tried to yet. I've just been too lazy now that it runs.