MikeJ-2009

With the new rings on hand, and my trusty spring hone, it could be done, but that's going to require probably the whole weekend non stop. Or you could just bring the block to me and I'll have it done in 2 hours.

Leave the block assembled until you bring it though.

projekteg

just pop the head off, drop the oil pan, pop the pistons/rods out from the top, throw a little hone in the cylinders, throw some new rings on the pistons, and slap them back in there. if you have everything you needj on hand and don't have to go searching/waiting for ----, it shouldn't take more than about 5-6 hours.

BoosTedZSix

what about the rod bearings? should i just buy acl's or wait to see which ones are in there and get them from acura?

projekteg

why do you need rod bearings? if your bearing show no signs of wear, then just reuse them, but if they do, then yeah, wait til you take them out to see which ones you have, then go pick them up from honda, they should have them in stock, i think they're around 8-10 bucks each (per half), so around 40 bucks for all new rod bearings.

BoosTedZSix

freakin awesome...motor runs fine though. haha ----..stupid rings..oh well it was bound to come one day...thanks for the help kevin

projekteg

yeah, they really aren't so low that you would notice much of a power loss especially if it happened gradually over time, just get some smoke. do you smell burning oil in the car with the vents open when you notice the smoke out the exhaust? you sure it's even oil?

BoosTedZSix

im sure it is. i was behind my brother a few days ago and he gunned it. and it didnt start smoking till about after 4k. blue smoke. you can smell it after you push the car. driving normally it doesnt smell. and also when i pulled out my plugs. they were white. which im assuming its lean as hell. i will take a picture of one a little bit later and post it up. put some oil in number 2 cylinder and did a compression test that way and it shot up to 200 . what are ls motors supposed to be at?

BoosTedZSix

the pics clearly show. i mean clearly show something is fucked up somewhere. how could the car be running so damn lean? i havent changed the spark plugs. im thinking i will anyways since its fucked up.

Guy-Fast

first your #'s arent horrible nor good but anything below 150 is gonna show some wear and burn oil. You most likely have a clog somewhere in your fuel system. Have you ever replaced the fuel filter? Do you have a stcok or aftermarket fpr. What is your fuel pressure set at?

BoosTedZSix

have not replaced the fuel filter but probably will one of these days. stock fpr. dunno what the fuel pressure is