Re: HMT Style LS/VTEC?
Originally Posted by hotrex
a vtec oil pump.
vtec head conversion dowels oil supply line for head ls head hasket head studs b18c timing belt Conversion Dowls are not neccesary, you can easily drill the head and just the stock dowls Dont forget you do have to block off a oil passage in the head, by either welding it, or tapping it and putting a plug in it. A b18c timing belt wont work unless you use a GSR water pump, no real advantage with one. Just use the LS pump and the LS timing belt. Head studs and ARP rod studs do help but are not neccesary. |
Re: HMT Style LS/VTEC?
arp's are the ----
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Re: HMT Style LS/VTEC?
well I have done about 4 or 5 ls/vtec's in the last year and half or so. I have found a few things a must and a few a nice thing to have. here is my list of things I would get to do it hmt style and still last.
ls timing belt and water pump like abaz said either a 96+ oil pump or any vtec motor oil pump stealth mode ls/vtec oil line and plug kit. best deal and best quality I have seen for the price yet: ) drill the dowl pin holes out and reuse the dowels ls head gasket arp rod bolts I have used king bearings in my last setup and they have prefromed good but if I had the extra $$ I would probably go acl. thats the cheap way list of stuff I run ls timing belt and water pump ls head gasket arp rod bolts in my book are a must, I have spun rod bearings on being cheap and not getting arp's arp head studs gsr oil pump sleathmode ls/vtec conversion kit king bearings main's and rods as far as balancing frick I never do lol I shift many times daily at 8500 and have seen 9500+ and still held together. except when I had the stock rod bolts. I spung a rod bearing in like 3 months with those |
Re: HMT Style LS/VTEC?
I was planning on getting the GE conversion anyway. I was mostly worried about honing the cylinder walls and balancing the rotating assembly. I'll probably skip messing with the water pump and just replace the timing belt with a regular LS. Since I was planning on upgrading to forged pistons and rods anyway I'm not too worried about ARP bolts on the rods since they'll probably come with ARP anyway. I'll use the money I saved from not ------- with the water pump on a set of ARP's for the head.
Good info guys :-* |
Re: HMT Style LS/VTEC?
normaly you replce the water pump with the timing belt.... if you dont need to replace the water pump theres nothing wrong with just doing a fresh LS belt though.
and also why would you want to drill your head when they make adapter dowels that are like less than 20 bux on ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HONDA...spagenameZWDVW god dam you probably dont own the right size drill bit anyway and youd have to buy it and it would be like 15 bux or you could get a set of dowels made for what your doing for under 20... hmmmm anyway overbore if your cyl walls are out of round otherwise rehone and get your piston to wall clearance set for forged pistons (since its different than stock). certainly dont need to balance though, i mean its nice but i doubt youd be revving to the moon so... anyway gl oh yeah and a full set of acls will set ya back maybe 100 bux (about half what stock runs) and are BETTER bearings than oem LS bearings. unless you plan on runnin vtec bearings your better off with ACL despite what the OEM bearing nazis say |
Re: HMT Style LS/VTEC?
Originally Posted by Jcushing
normaly you replce the water pump with the timing belt....
and also why would you want to drill your head when they make adapter dowels that are like less than 20 bux on ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HONDA...spagenameZWDVW god dam you probably dont own the right size drill bit anyway and youd have to buy it and it would be like 15 bux or you could get a set of dowels made for what your doing for under 20... hmmmm oh yeah and a full set of acls will set ya back maybe 100 bux (about half what stock runs) and are BETTER bearings than oem LS bearings. unless you plan on runnin vtec bearings your better off with ACL despite what the OEM bearing nazis say |
Re: HMT Style LS/VTEC?
its so worth it to plastiguage each bearing
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Re: HMT Style LS/VTEC?
Originally Posted by 45psi
its so worth it to plastiguage each bearing
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Re: HMT Style LS/VTEC?
I understand teh recommendation is to use the VTEC oil pump. There have been some threads about using the gsr pickup, girdle, and pan... Is this an absolute necessity?
I have a gsr oil pump already but dont feel like spending another $150 or so on gsr oil parts if I can use the LS oil pumps, etc and especially if they work just as well. Any thoughts? |
Re: HMT Style LS/VTEC?
i think those items are just for using a gsr girdle.
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