EF Sedan H2B lots of pics

[TattooedFish]

Hey guys I had a older build thread that honestly just got drug out for longer than I intended it to since im making a lot more progress now and im hoping to have engine in by end of june. Ive been slowly gathering parts and working towards dropping a h2b into "something" For a while now but with the combination of other priorities, bad luck, and just not enough time or help until recently a couple times I didn't think it was going to happen but I have to finish this. If you wanna see the old thread I had started its right here>>>My H22a build with pics

On to the details this will be my daily driver so nothing crazy or overly complicated. I decided to drop my h2b in my sedan because well it was there and also because you just don't see as many on the roads as opposed to eg's, ek's at least not in my area.

My plans is to meet around 250hp nothing crazy engine will be stock with a few light mods

build list will include
qsd h2b kit
arp head studs
arp main studs
Nippon type s pistons
manley H beams
kstuned balance shaft delete
kstuned manual tensioner
evolution single pulley
fidanza lightweight flywheel
exeedy stage 1 clutch
low profile pcv valve
not sure which headers yet
magnaflow exhaust
bronze valve guides
stock cams (for now)
stock crank
p28 ecu chipped with chrome
aem fuel rail, earls inline fuel filter
an plumbing for brake and fuel lines SS
innovative crossmember
innovative solid mounts
oem water pump, gaskets etc


Other things I am doing as well is a full engine bay shave/tuck including brake lines, fuel lines, battery/fuse box relocation, only thing I wanna see is engine when im done I will retain heat and wipers but no ac of course.

I also have to make my own brackets to convert my clutch over from cable to hydro and make a alternator mounting bracket to run a 88-91 alternator with 3 rib pulley for as much clearance as I can get. I will bang the frame rail if I just have to but that's a last resort. Supposed to have a friend come over next week to help sort out the wiring





later I think I will be adding a mild cam, skunk2 cam gears, 68mm throttle body, skunk2 intake manifold,

After the swap goes in my next goal will be paint and rims

Hope you guys enjoy

[TattooedFish]

First thing I gotta do is get the old zc engine out so here it is before its all started.



One last engine shot before we say bye bye



Slowly parting with its heart







Now time to get rid of the rest





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[TattooedFish]

Gotta get her stripped for the shave




Next on the list is to get all the holes welded up








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[TattooedFish]

Getting a lil bit closer to getting the bay ready worked on it a few hours tonight cutting metal and filling holes in the bay with Paul welding it up

This was April 26





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[TattooedFish]

A few days later...

Got some more work done today bay ready for body filler and primer . Getting that seam sealer off was a bitch.. also picked up all the fittings needed to tuck my brake lines / fuel lines but gotta wait till I can get a good flaring tool to flare the lines



More bondo fun believe at this point got about 40+ hours in it
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[TattooedFish]

Got all the welding grinding sanding done ready for paint

Spent a few hours building my lil spray booth its little but will work for the bay



In she goes for primer



My sticker still makes me laugh ha

This is the only brand of paint I'm using its expensive but man it lays down nice







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[Sammich]

LMAO i'm probably about to steal that sticker when i find one

[TattooedFish]

LMAO i'm probably about to steal that sticker when i find one

Lol its cool I got a vinyl machine and made mine but I just found it on Google there is a few of em

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[TattooedFish]

Waiting for this Sunday to finish it up will be putting down the silver and clear

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[TattooedFish]

Was supposed to finish painting but I just didn't feel comfortable with the humidity level so decided yo work on assembling the rods / pistons and start putting together the bottom end

Manley rods / Nippon pistons



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[TattooedFish]

Got 2 pistons in and stupid ring compressor crapped out on me and ended up breaking oil rings. On 3rd


Decided I would just finish the bottom end and wait to get the new rings got the new main/rod bearings in and unfortunately the thrust washers wouldn't fit.

So build will be put on hold for now until more parts come in


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[TattooedFish]

New rings showed up and finally got on the phone with acl reseller first 2 people I talked to told me that "ALL" h22 engines take the same thrust washer as im looking at the part while I'm on the phone clearly this is not correct finally got in touch with a 3rd person who got me taken care of gave me a different part number so hopefully these will fit.

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[TattooedFish]

Hey guys finally got some time in to work on the paint after lots and lots of cleaning/sanding /spraying here is here where we are

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[Franco Tirador]

this is going to be super nice, im in

[TattooedFish]

this is going to be super nice, im in

Thanks here is a in the sun pic


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[TattooedFish]

Since the bay is done I started some more assembly on the engine its taking me a bit longer than I like but not trying to rush (my actual first time assembling Honda engine myself ) mainly looking at service manual and finding where all my original parts that came with the engine went to after the move getting back organized was able to get the bottom end assembled the other night along with torque down ARP main studs and ARP rod bolts

Today I got the head bolts torqued and test fit the oil pump


Worked on it some more a lil past dark and got the intake attached head assembeled and vtec bolted up


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[deuszero]

looks good, will be an awesome car.

[TattooedFish]

looks good, will be an awesome car.

Thx today been working on locating rest of bolts for oil pump and mounted the qsd driver side bracket

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[TattooedFish]

Baby steps ... got the timing figured out

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[TattooedFish]

Worked on engine couple more min tonight but did a lot more than it looks like. I has to blast and respray oil pan and clean up a lot of parts .

Managed to get the oil pickup , oil pan , thermostat housing and innovative Mount put on cleaned up intake manifold since it was dirty.

Talking to someone we may go get some material and do a one off intake but for now this one will do.





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[D3UC3S]

Custom intake? Just pull the butterflies, port it and weld up the runners.

Looks good man!

[TattooedFish]

Custom intake? Just pull the butterflies, port it and weld up the runners.

Looks good man!

That is exactly what I was going to do for the time being but this is for down the road.

After I get a few more things done on the engine.

I will move back over to the car and work on the tucked brake lines.

I also gotta pull the pedal assembly out and weld a bracket for the hydraulic clutch.

I really wanted to go with EF hush performace hydro conversion but I'm trying to save some cash.

I'm still lacking a couple parts to finish the build I made a to do list and it includes figuring out what injectors to run and what fuel rail to get since my feed lines are on passenger side of engine

I still have to get a clutch CV axles half shaft obd 0 to obd 1 and make the custom harness. Was going to just go with a rywire or chasebays but that will have to be something I get later on if I wanna get it back on the road sooner than later


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[TattooedFish]

Playing the waiting game at this point on a few parts I still need. I started working on my ss brake lines last night but it was late so didn't get much done but did manage to mach up a line for the fire wall

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[TattooedFish]

Decided to go ahead and convert my clutch pedals over to hydro setup. It was not as hard as I thought it would be and with using 1/4 steel its prob overkill but it works and the welds will break before anything else







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[TattooedFish]

Worked a Lil bit last night and some today got couple more brake lines done on the inside of the fire wall ..



But... I promised a friend I would help dip his rims today

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[TattooedFish]

Not much to show right now im mostly waiting for more parts to arrive but close to bein able to drop engine in.. I put the pedals back in and the steering column ..

Really close to havin back on the road

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[TattooedFish]

Got the valves adjusted and picked up a valve cover to run while mines getting finished. Trying to locate some CV axles next

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[TattooedFish]

Decided today was a good day to drop the the whole front end to get cleaned up and paint...
Un bolted


Needs more low

Since that was out of the way decided to go ahead and apply some fresh under coating when though it won't be seen much once its all back together I felt better about doing it.


Next I drilled last 2 holes needed to tuck the front brake lines back to the prop valve on the back side of the fire wall

I was kinda mad at the cost of this tool but it has been well worth the money paid for it. Has made flaring ss lines a breeze

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[TattooedFish]

Got the suspension back on the car but it looks a lot better than before

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[TattooedFish]

Looks like Santa dropped off a package early was happy to see clutch arrived was planning on opening a package containing a 6 puck clutch to find a stock stage 1 clutch so looks like I will be waiting till the weekend or first of next week .... sigh.....

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[TattooedFish]

UPDATE :after further discussion looks like the clutch they sent me was a stage 2 but just a different type then I orderd so they are sending me another but told me I could keep this one looks like IMA go ahead and try this one on for size and see how it does

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[TattooedFish]

At the heart of the build I finally come to putting on the h2b adapter and flywheel

It looks pretty right too bad I forgot to install the pilot bearing before torquing down the flywheel bolts guess what I'm doing tomorrow :banghead:

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[TattooedFish]

Worked on it a lil more last night got the tranny bolted up :thumbup:


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[TattooedFish]

Hey guys still here only couple parts holding me back from dropping this beast in ... I met up with some people over the weekend it was like Disneyland for preludes so I was able to get a few more odd and ends I was missing.

Work been slow but once I get the innovative pulley I will be able to drop the engine in

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[TattooedFish]

Getting closer

Tried a test fit yesterday this is going to be a tight squeeze .. still have to pick up CV axles and a few other lil misc parts if I had a day off might actually be able to get her dropped in

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[TattooedFish]

Tried to drop engine in to find out I got sold the wrong rear t bracket. Hopefully picking one up tonight and can finally get this bad boy where it needs to be

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[TattooedFish]

We got her in finally after some more smashing around with the sledge


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[TattooedFish]

Next hurdle is to get wiring done. I decided to make my own conversion harness just because I could trying to save a couple bucks. It was actually not that bad

Everything nice n insulated
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[TattooedFish]

Worked a lil yesterday got as clutch line started bleedin brakes then broke a bleeder valve so jumped over to the wiring even though I'm dreading it this is what I'm tending with



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[TattooedFish]

Clutch line ran



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