My B18 Rebuild (Questions)
 

Ok so I have this thing sitting around, what I plan to do is just change the crank oil seals, take out the pistons, hone it out, get B16 pistons throw on a set of new rings and call it a day, I will plastiguage the bearings and if they are fine should I just reuse them or buy new ones? I dont want to risk a fucked bearing again, the engine has 300,000kilomiters on it, so about 180,000 miles but I heard it run before I pulled it out and it ran great, no blow by, strong compression and such.

so let me know about the bearings guys.

Re: My B18 Rebuild (Questions)
 

You're already in there, the car has 300k km, change the bearings.

Unless you're doing a nigga rebuild then in that case, leave them as is.

Re: My B18 Rebuild (Questions)
 

with your luck on bearings, id say reuse them, and torque it down a few extra lb's

Re: My B18 Rebuild (Questions)
 

man if nothing is wrong w/ the motor leave it as is so u can make the meet, chuck it in there y0!

Re: My B18 Rebuild (Questions)
 

leave the pistons and just get a vtec head and boost it

Re: My B18 Rebuild (Questions)
 

that motor "lsvtec" has to be the best and most ideal frank/honda motor for either all motor or turbo. its the ----.

Re: My B18 Rebuild (Questions)
 

agreed.. the most i would do to the bottom end is swap the rod bolts for ARP's.

Re: My B18 Rebuild (Questions)
 

I've heard alot of bad stories about the ls/vtecs though...oil pressure problems, people over revving them thinking it's a b16, lack of oil squirters firing at the pistons to help cool them and such. Anybody ever had any of these problems? I just helped one of my friends swap an ls into his 90 hatch, and now he's thinking about throwing the b17 head from his gsr on it too, even though i told him not to...just another can of worms to open up ::)

Re: My B18 Rebuild (Questions)
 

I wont get it in intime for the meet, I'll probably risk taking my car down there, i'll bring some oil with me incase I need it. ;D

Re: My B18 Rebuild (Questions)
 

And throw in some Tuner toys rods, ok so on that note whats the max boost the B18 pistons should handle? i'm thinking if I do go turbo, tune it for 12 psi with TT rods.