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[Roaring_VTEC]

So dusting of this topic, but there is a little project in progress right now
I recently bought a JDM B18C engine block, and today was the first day that we prepped the car for the swap.
I made a few pics of the stages of the parts which needed replacing.
I was in charge of these parts, my mechanic friend Hans was prepping my EE9 for the removal of the B16A1 block tomorrow, we both made some nice progress

The pics:

The above was the old waterpump, the bottom one was the new one, on the original there are 22 "teeth" for the cambelt.
The new one only has 19 "teeth", the cambelt did fit but and according to my mechanic it should be no problem since the tentioner did put enough tention on the belt.


New tentioner and waterpump installed


I nice top-down view of the insides, it looks very clean inside, no dark spots


Old rusty heatshield


Old rusty OEM header


Header removed, cleaned the places where the gasket is going to be fitted and plugged the holes so no bugs or Gremlins can get into my engine

A few shots of the engine bay of my EE9, a little blurry pics, but they were taken with my Nokia 6300 in the dark without flash.
Last 2 pics made with night-vision on




I also replaced the thermostat, but have no pictures of that since the battery of my phone was low.
Tomorrow we will be fitting the clutch and Fidanza flywheel back to the engine.
Then we will first have to remove the B16A1 from the car, since I need some parts of that engine which will be fitted to the B18C.
- Complete righthand-side motormount
- Distributor
- Injectors
- Alternator
Tomorrow-evening more pictures and maybe even a small movie clip of the engine turning over and running idle :-)

[Deleted]

Nice nice nice!!! Really nice! I don´t know what to say

[Roaring_VTEC]

Well the beast is in the car and it really packs a big punch, especially in VTEC man o man what a push in the back.

Tomorrow will follow some pictures and a report of todays progress

[Roaring_VTEC]

First of, sorry for the big pictures


Just looked at all the pics that I did take yesterday and there isnt much interesting about it


Empty engine bay


Hans checking some parts of the A1 that needed to go on the B18


Fidanza flywheel installed



Y2 gearbox installed......which we later needed to take of again because Hans forgot to install the flywheel bearing
Better at that point then when it was already mounted into the car .


A1 motormount installed with A1 crank pulley


Almost there..


A1 distributor installed


B18 feul-rail installed with A1 injectors


A little peak into the throttlebody, which was verry dirty.
I cleaned that today, now the throttle response on the gas pedal is much better.
Because of all the dirt and grease there was in the butterfly the gas pedal kept sticking at first, now not anymore.
Thats all the pics I took yesterday, at the end there was alot of exitement if it would start and fit, but it did.
Take some pictures of the engine bay later tonight, I'm off now

[Pastoli]

that is an awesome combination. i need to swap that in my coupe. i need to take a ride in your car. lol.

[Roaring_VTEC]

Well it has been more then 1 week ago since the swap took place, and it turned out great.
The engine turned over on the first try and it runs silky smooth.
Last thursday I had the ECU chipped/tuned to make most of the power inside the B18C.
And that turned out great, especially in the upper RPM region it really keeps pulling hard.

Yesterday I had a little sprint-race against a DC2 ITR and I won that one
In 1st and 2nd gear the ITR was faster, but once I shifted into 3rd I started overtaking him, in 4th I left him behind.

Picture of the engine mounted in the EE9
http://members.home.nl/pav-oud/100_0664.JPG

[Roaring_VTEC]

Today we started with the new 282mm brake disc and caliper swap from a MG ZS180/ZR160
We first tried 1 side to check if everything was a P&P job like people told me.
And it was, all the holes on the brackets of the caliper were the same on my car.
So it was a nice and easy swap, away with the old stuff, and on with the new stuff
Pics








So after everything was fitted and the brake lines were bled Hans took it out for its first test drive,
but he shortly returned to the garage because he felt the brake-pedal loosing pressure.
So back on the lift and check out the brake lines, which were brand new.
And we did found a small leak that was causing the loss in pressure.
So we re-fitted the original brake lines for the side that was leak and re-bled the system.
This time no problems and the pressure stayed were it should.
So I have contacted the shop that sold me the brake-lines about this, I havent gotten a answer yet, but they give out a lifetime warranty on defect, so this should cover that warranty.
But since the shop is located in Canada and I bought these on Ebay I hope they will send me another one, free of charge, and I return the faulty one.

[AndrEE]

very nice brake upgrade men

what did you drive for brake pads and for brake discs?

i hope you get new brake lines from the shop.


greetings andre

[Roaring_VTEC]

what did you drive for brake pads and for brake discs?
greetings andre

What did I drive before this upgrade? Or what brand these parts are?

[AndrEE]

i mean the brands of the new setup with the 282 mm discs. :wink:

[DanEK4]

i mean the brands of the new setup with the 282 mm discs. :wink:

Schau mal: http://www.hondapower.de/forum/showthread.php?t=101779

We first tried 1 side to check if everything was a P&P job like people told me.

Me the people?

Very nice Patrick, from what I can see I'm almost sure the ITR Calipers wouldn't have worked p&p with your wheels but the MG calipers just fit right.

[AndrEE]

Schau mal: http://www.hondapower.de/forum/showthread.php?t=101779

thank you, doesnt see the slitted discs with 4x100.

[crx_tobi]

hey dude

i think the front brake-disc should be change... left disc to the right side and the right disc to the left side, the groove's are wrong ,the rear brakes are properly mounted...

or perhaps I am mistaken?

greeting

[Roaring_VTEC]

hey dude

i think the front brake-disc should be change... left disc to the right side and the right disc to the left side, the groove's are wrong ,the rear brakes are properly mounted...

or perhaps I am mistaken?

greeting

You are mistaken, the discs were labeled with a sticker on which side of the car they had to go.
The way they are mounted now is the way they should be mounted.

[crx_tobi]

oh ok i'm sorry...