HEAD work PICS ! B18C5 heAD

[thinkskater]

well the bad news was that i blew the shit outta a head gasket bout a week and a half ago. well we pulled the head the 2 and 3 cylinders was fukin full off water lol so things seem to be lookin far far worse then i expected. so i me and my friend zach (slowesthatch ) went up to his work (machine shop) and checked everything out. first we pressure tested it to make sure that there were no cracks anywhere. no craqs. then we went and set the head on a the table and basically checked to see if there was any warpage of the head. bad news fraid lol. it slightly warped the bottom of the head just enough to let coolant through. but long story short it was caused by two things no temp guage, and a bad rad cap. so we resurfaced it 3 times equals bout .06 off the head. which wasnt much but it raised the compression (along with a thinner stock head gasket , previous owner had a thick ass cometic (stock .026 - cometic .04))

and he had some fun with the head while we were there ..... check it out

[5thgcelica]

cool, how's it running now?

[thinkskater]

shit seein as how the compression was bumped up from 11.14 to 11.57 and i got a better shifter .... its a bigger beast then it was before

[2.0civic]

damn dude...glad the rest of its ok...hmmm....ever thoguht bout ITB's??

[b18cCuzz]

clean head

[thinkskater]

ITB's??

itbs are sexy creatures , but expensive

[Elbow]

yummmmm clean head so smooooootttthhhh

[speedminded]

shit seein as how the compression was bumped up from 11.14 to 11.57 and i got a better shifter .... its a bigger beast then it was before

Did you clay test it to check the valve clearance? Shouldn't make that much differance but just wondering why the cosmetic gasket would be on there before.

[-S Double C-]

the original owner didnt know what the hell they was doing......and they also was gonna spray a 175 shot on it.

[speedminded]

the original owner didnt know what the hell they was doing......and they also was gonna spray a 175 shot on it.

Stock cams?

[thinkskater]

yea the original owner was gonna spray the shit outta it. so he had a thick ass head gasket. comp stg 2 cams. and we didnt check the valve cleareance , since the pistons arent too high of compression (11.1) it was a very small chance of that happening. i was worried tho cuz it had been resurfaced before i took .06 off it. but now its got like 11.5 comp with the thinner had gasket and the closer combustion chambers. but the orginal owner built the engine special for nos. nos to me isnt fun. Na or boost. this is gonna have a new short block soon and im gonna sell the shortblock that is in the car now and the cable Ls tranny for that matter too. Also if any one on the south side needs some headwork done for the low low pm me. the same guy that did mine will be doing yours.

[speedminded]

yea the original owner was gonna spray the shit outta it. so he had a thick ass head gasket. comp stg 2 cams. and we didnt check the valve cleareance , since the pistons arent too high of compression (11.1) it was a very small chance of that happening. i was worried tho cuz it had been resurfaced before i took .06 off it. but now its got like 11.5 comp with the thinner had gasket and the closer combustion chambers. but the orginal owner built the engine special for nos. nos to me isnt fun. Na or boost. this is gonna have a new short block soon and im gonna sell the shortblock that is in the car now and the cable Ls tranny for that matter too. Also if any one on the south side needs some headwork done for the low low pm me. the same guy that did mine will be doing yours.

11.1 compression piston's but if the head has been resurfaced a few times that's not really going to matter...i'm just wondering if he resurfaced it and put in the comp cam's then needed to add the extra head gasket for clearance...then you reresurface it and take off the extra head gasket...have you manually turned it over with the valvetrain on just to listen to it?

[thinkskater]

we manually turned it over seeing as how we left the block in the car and time was limited.he specifically put the cometic on to compensate for the weakness of the oem issue gsr head gasket. he said when he was building it he was checking clearance's and had bought a oem gsr headgasket and had intentions of putting it on but decided to buy the cometic to take the heat of the nos. my buddy " specialist" got a lotta bitchin from me to make sure i wasnt gonna have some bent valves. so he checked height of the combustion chambers , and compared them to stock b16 (same basic head) wasnt that much of a difference my only worry was water-e oil making the bottem seaze up. but didnt seem to happen. im gonna change the oil one more time to make sure there is no more coa-coa milkshakerrrrrrr

[speedminded]

we manually turned it over seeing as how we left the block in the car and time was limited.he specifically put the cometic on to compensate for the weakness of the oem issue gsr head gasket. he said when he was building it he was checking clearance's and had bought a oem gsr headgasket and had intentions of putting it on but decided to buy the cometic to take the heat of the nos. my buddy " specialist" got a lotta bitchin from me to make sure i wasnt gonna have some bent valves. so he checked height of the combustion chambers , and compared them to stock b16 (same basic head) wasnt that much of a difference my only worry was water-e oil making the bottem seaze up. but didnt seem to happen. im gonna change the oil one more time to make sure there is no more coa-coa milkshakerrrrrrr

If it's close to the b16 it may be ok but I wonder if the slightly more aggresive cam's will effect it much. There's only two ways to find out...clay test it or crank her up

[thinkskater]

lol i have already cranked it dude it was balls-e ill say that but the guy helpin me was rushin me cuz he wanted to go fishin ..... nuf said got the head on and car runnin in like an hour but it was runnin like crap but it was because of a few things..... the fuel line wasnt tightend all the way, the hose going to the crankcase breather box was unhooked, and the timing was off a tooth .... BECAUSE he fuckin rushed but shit its fine now.... IT IS SOOOOO much FASTER now to guys seriously.

[Z33_kid]

looks clean dropped in a crx i tink ?

[thinkskater]

ya dude if i had the money i would buy one of these little 500 dollar rex's floating around damn that would be nice tho for realllll

[sirhatch1030]

not bad work , who did it kris. looks professional

[sirhatch1030]

i know what im doing shawn , it was going to be a spray motor , thats why i had a thick head gasket on there.

[thinkskater]

ya my buddy zach did it he has only been doin head work for like a yr i think may be a year and half ... but either way the vtec hits louder and harder !!! NOW SELL ME THE DAMN MSD SHITT please man

[CHADbee]

ya my buddy zach did it he has only been doin head work for like a yr i think may be a year and half ... but either way the vtec hits louder and harder !!! NOW SELL ME THE DAMN MSD SHITT please man

ready to hit 675 yet?

head look great BTW

[thinkskater]

o shit lol nah wait till i get it tuned so i can dust ya lol

[-S Double C-]

ya my buddy zach did it he has only been doin head work for like a yr i think may be a year and half ... but either way the vtec hits louder and harder !!! NOW SELL ME THE DAMN MSD SHITT please man

sell me or trade me the car f00l

[-S Double C-]

i know what im doing shawn , it was going to be a spray motor , thats why i had a thick head gasket on there.

"Sean" ...how much whp is this thing gonna put down tuned?

[thinkskater]

im hopin 200 but god hates my ass so itll be like 190 somthing

[sirhatch1030]

i already had everthing smoth in the head all yall had to do was clean it , i did the com camber and ex .

[thinkskater]

i did see where u did your stuff u were legitament sp lol , about what u did. he just wanted to feel the difference between the 2

[CHADbee]

o shit lol nah wait till i get it tuned so i can dust ya lol

hahaha...who/what u gonna tune with?

[thinkskater]

dunno man prolly just crome with scotty more than likely but i dont know yet

[Nopaintsls]

damn looking good

[thinkskater]

thnx buddy