For a bit of background, I have owned the CTR from new and it will be 5 years old this year, in that time I have clocked up 125K miles !!, I have had it in various states of tune running it completely standard for 2 years then adding K100, Tanabe catback and AEM CAI, I then added a Toda racing catback, then finally I added a JRSC running 9 psi of boost.
Now that was all going cool until I developed a nasty rattle which has subsequently been diagnosed as a knackered big end bearing
To remedy the situation I decided that I needed a built engine and wanted more power, something the JRSC did not offer (I was running about 285 whp) so a large Rotrex seemded the best way forward.
Firstly out came the engine, which incidentally I did myself on my driveway in 2 days !!
Front bumper is off !!
Remove clutch cable and gear selector
Supercharger is next
Now we got some room wiring loom is next
After some carefull axle stand adjustment the beast is free !!
Looks a bit emptier now !!
Time to strip that head !!
At last the first site of the action area http://epcivic.com/f...tyle_emoticons/default/laugh.gif
Head is off, now time for sump, crank case and oil pump to come off. I had managed to drop the pre facelift flywheel on my toe by this point and an x-ray confirmed a little toe broke in two places
One empty block ready for checking/honing.
Ok the shopping list, this is what I have bought already :-
1) Wiseco 9:1 coated pistons
2) Eagle 'H' beam forged con-rods
3) Calico coated con rod bearings
4) ACL main bearings/thrust washers
5) ARP con-rod studs
6) ARP head studs
7) Cometic head gasket
8) Block guard
9) BDL 70mm throttle body
10) Brian Crower stage 2 FI cams
11) US PRB K-Pro with wideband lambda
12) New S2000 oil pump conversion (rev to 11k !!)
13) New timing chain/guides/tensioner
14) New water pump
15) Fidanza flywheel + stage 3 clutch
16) AEM fuel rail
17) Unortadox lightweight racing pully's
18) Brain Crower forged valves
19) Supertech uprated double valve springs
20) Supertech Titanium valve spring retainers
21) Powerslot front big brake upgrade
22) Powerslot rear big brake upgrade
I need the following parts to finish.
1) Rotrex C38-81 with FMIC
2) Kaaz LSD
My car already has the following :-
1) Toda catback
2) Toda manifold
3) Tein SS coilovers with EDFC
This is going to be good fun when it is finished.
