mainbears/rodbearings... ??
#31
Re: mainbears/rodbearings... ??
Originally Posted by SmellySOHC
can someone make a sticky of all the clearances and colors? or are there too many variables? either way some1 should , its good info and more and more people are building these days...
#32
#37
Re: mainbears/rodbearings... ??
My friend and I just did a B18B with ACL's and everything spec'd out perfect, infact we broke the engine in last night doing a bunch of pulls to 7.5k and going through some heat cycles.
When specing out the bearings honda wanted the tightest clearance possible in their service limits, if your bearing is at the end of the service limit that is not a bad thing at all, Honda never designed for their engines to be seeing 7-8K every day, they designed them to run quiet, as long as youre getting proper oil pressure you will be fine as long as youre within spec, I always try to aim for the middle range clearance when doing bearings, and if your bearings are fine there should be no reason to upgrade them, I reused my bearings on my B16 and the engine runs great, it already did some 8k pulls and I havent heard any problems from it yet.
When specing out the bearings honda wanted the tightest clearance possible in their service limits, if your bearing is at the end of the service limit that is not a bad thing at all, Honda never designed for their engines to be seeing 7-8K every day, they designed them to run quiet, as long as youre getting proper oil pressure you will be fine as long as youre within spec, I always try to aim for the middle range clearance when doing bearings, and if your bearings are fine there should be no reason to upgrade them, I reused my bearings on my B16 and the engine runs great, it already did some 8k pulls and I havent heard any problems from it yet.
#38
Re: mainbears/rodbearings... ??
Originally Posted by chiman72
I have acl's main and rod bearings and I was wondering what would I need to do to getthem to work? The crank and ros I have don't have any old bearings so I don't know what is what.
#40
Re: mainbears/rodbearings... ??
Originally Posted by accordepicenter
ideally the journals should be cleaned with acetone to remove any dirt/oil/grease/varnish before checking clearances.