Slow moving progress....my DB1 integra...(56k may have EPIC FAIL)

[teh_mugen18]

woo, it feels good to finally have another UPDATE...

Anyways. The last weekend, as promised, i made an attempt at the head gasket replacement. Seeing as how im kinda not all that great of a mechanic and im still learning, i kinda failed at it.. ..Fortunately, i didnt mess up my timing or anything else though.

I do have a couple of pics of that, if anyone would like to see them ill just post links to them. Furthest i got was removing the valve cover and dizzy, then i got frustrated and gave up (hehe there was much more to it than that though.... ). Links will be at the bottom of this post.

But heres what was done today; 5/5/2008 ~ happy cinco de mayo yall!!


W0ot brand new catalytic converter, even tho its for a 95+ teggy, it still fits


Took the heat sink off the old cat....



YUK, nasty cat. If you are gonna take the cat outta your car, or do something similar to this, you're gonna need a breaker bar/impact wrench, and 13mm and 14mm sockets to get the nuts off the front and rear flanges.:boobies:




Impact driver, PB Blaster, and WD-40 = your FRIENDS for all those galled out/rusted out nuts and bolts under there....


Since i couldnt really get enough access to turn the nuts that hold the cat on from underneath the car, i just decided to remove the whole thing and then put it all back

heres the BEFORE:


and the AFTER:



old vs new section...



catalytic inlets



Catalytic Outlets




And here it is, finally installed!! w00t Now im gonna be able to pass emissions!!




EDIT:
-i'd really like to get dyno-ed again too after having installing the cat. I Felt a power gain immediately. I plan on doing a resonator delete and port/polish of my intake manifold before i get dyno-ed again as well....One of my homeboys also said he has some dual spring valve springs for me as well (??) that ill probably be trying to get in a day or two. So yeah. If anyone knows when someplace is having another dyno day, lemmeknow!