Mk1 16v Project

[Preen59]

this 16v is going to be a crazy engine i got dibs going for a ride at nats first

Yeah it should be a bit of a rice burner hopefully. I'm hoping to take it to wakefield to beat the pants off the time this guy in town did in his piece of crap bolt on covered 165kw vtec integra. He can't drive a tack into a watermelon so it shouldn't be too hard. These guys in town all with jap cars call themselves the 'Circuit Club'. One time when they all went to wakefield, Garry Wilmington came up to one of them with a civic Vtec and said "nice car mate, mind if i take it for a lap?" So he took it out and did like 4 or 5 laps and went 3 seconds faster than him, then just came in and handed the keys back and said "yeah, it's not bad." Boy racers.

I don't think i'll have it running by the nats. I'd like to think i would, but it probably won't happen. Mainly because i don't have the cash at the moment to just buy everything and do it all right away.

But hey, next year, if i remember, you're first.

[GoLfMan]

yeh im not a big person for bolt on stuff, it takes all the skill out of "hotting up" engines i recon, any average Joe can do it.
i hope you do beat the pants off the VTEC infestation that'd show them.

Jarred and i were in his Laser when a rice boy Civic came up next to us cannon and all... even stevens to the speed limit and he was double clutching (what a wank!)

back on Topic, obviously your going to do a bit of flow work on the head, what size cams are you going to run? ohhh sweet im looking forward to that ride

[Preen59]

obviously your going to do a bit of flow work on the head, what size cams are you going to run? ohhh sweet im looking forward to that ride

Yeah, John Houseman, a mate of mine who owns Auto 1 in town (I get trade discount ) has been building engines for years and has his own flow bench. The heads he does are a work of art, very nicely finished off. He has the head at the moment, and is going nuts with it. He's porting+polishing the ports and combustion chamber, aswell as making sure the cam tunnels are square.

The head will be running .5 oversize valves with reduced necks from Techtonics Tuning, with supertech HD valvesprings and Titanium retainers. and I'll be running TT 276 deg cams. The TT 276 cams should allow the engine to idle at about 1100 rpm or a bit more, and it should have enough low end torque to drive around town on the odd occasion. Ofcourse, it won't really make power till about 5000rpm and should make peak at a bit over 7, pulling all the way to the rev limiter which i'm going to set at 8,500.

Note with cams: it's very important to get the right cam for your application. Cams designed for injection won't necessarily work on carbies. Carbies (especially webers) work best with a cam with initial negative inlet opening. This means that the valve opens before the piston reaches TDC (Top Dead Centre). What this does is forces an atomised fuel mist out into the velocity stack, and allows a much better atomised charge to enter the cylinder. Hence, the TT 276 cams i have chosen to run with have about 5 degrees of negative inlet and are designed for carburettors.

It's also pointless to go with a bigger or more agressive cam than needed. If your induction system cannot supply the CFM (Cubic Feet per Minute) your cam profile desires, your engine will not benefit from the additional duration and lift of a larger cam. Your engine will just be cranky and may even perform worse than with the original cam.

So yeah, ported/port matched/polished head with Techtonics Tuning .5mm oversize valves, HD valve springs w/ titanium retainers and TT 276 sport/race cams. This setup is probably going to be on the verge of not being drivable on the street.

[Jarred]

this engine is going to be the ducks nuts

and, as anyone Victorian can attest, you can't compare my laser to V-tec. I clearly win. all the time. duh. Cause I have Vtec. hectic bro.

haha lol. seriously, hadn't I already called shotgun in this josh??mI think I did

[GoLfMan]

that engine is going to be mental, and sound mental !

[thestu]

hey there!

how much you get it resprayed for?

and did you do the body work before it got sent off?

its looks really nice! you should be proud!

stu

[Preen59]

that engine is going to be mental, and sound mental !

Lets hope so! It should be a pretty good strong donk.

[Preen59]

seriously, hadn't I already called shotgun in this josh??mI think I did

Ok, look, i think the first ride is going to have to go to the highest bidder. We'll start the auction at 300... No 400 dollars..

Just kidding i'll be happy to take a couple of people for a spin.

[Preen59]

hey there!

how much you get it resprayed for?

and did you do the body work before it got sent off?

its looks really nice! you should be proud!

stu

Hey Stu,

It was a bare metal respray done by a family friend's business in town. I did all the disassembly and stripped the body and panels to bare metal and Turnbull and Townsend smash repairs did all the body work (mostly file finished ) and painted it in sikkens 2 pac. B4B4 Volkswagen candy white.

I didn't pay for the job because we came to an arrangement with some other stuff, but by the way Shane was talking it would have been around $4000 i'd say. They spent weeks on the body getting it spot on straight.

Thanks for the kind comments, it's nice to know i'm not the only person that appreciates the look i'm aiming for.

[Preen59]

Got my pistons, valves, valve stem oil seals from TT on tuesday. Also got my full prothane bush kit from the US on tuesday too. I'll post some pics tomorrow.

[thestu]

Hey Stu,

It was a bare metal respray done by a family friend's business in town. I did all the disassembly and stripped the body and panels to bare metal and Turnbull and Townsend smash repairs did all the body work (mostly file finished ) and painted it in sikkens 2 pac. B4B4 Volkswagen candy white.

I didn't pay for the job because we came to an arrangement with some other stuff, but by the way Shane was talking it would have been around $4000 i'd say. They spent weeks on the body getting it spot on straight.

Thanks for the kind comments, it's nice to know i'm not the only person that appreciates the look i'm aiming for.

ohhh ok sweet thansk!

yeh its a really nice car! good job!

[ausgolfer]

Got my pistons, valves, valve stem oil seals from TT on tuesday. Also got my full prothane bush kit from the US on tuesday too. I'll post some pics tomorrow.

Pics or ban I wanna see what I'm envious of

[Preen59]

Ok, more stuff done.

I'm getting the original hatch fixed up and painted to put on the goof because its lighter due to not having a wiper assembly. So i started stripping that yesterday. If anyone is interested, i found the best way to do it is to apply the stripper, cover it in good old home brand glad wrap and let it go for 24 hours. The glad wrap stops the chemicals from evaporating and helps the stripper get to work. Sit it in the sun if you can, that helps too, and if you scratch the paint up a bit (be careful not to dint it! ) that helps the stripper get under the surface and go crazy.



Here's a shot of my weber 45 DCOEs (just to be a tease ). The head is half way through being ported. After that is done, John is getting the valve seats re cut (to accomodate the bigger valves) and getting the valves 3 angle ground. So pics as soon as i get round to his joint to take a look-see. He said it flows quite well and didn't need a lot of material taken out.



And here's my Prothane kit in all its $70.00(yes that's not a typo) glory.



Also, i got a new 5 speed linkage and bush kit (as in everything, the linkage rods and all) off ebay for 16.00. Yeah, once again not a typo. I really love ebay US. It's great as long as you're careful. Plus with paypal insurance, you're covered anyway!

I'd take some pics of the pistons and valves etc but John already has the valves and the pistons are just STD 82.5 2.0l 16v pistons. But if you REALLY want to see standard pistons, i'll post pics..

[TassieGTi]

This is going to look great Look forward to following your progress

[Jarred]

yep no now I have to go change my underpants.

thanks.


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