turbohf
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well i have had her for about 2 years now. and i dont post much here. figured i would post an update since i may have actually made some progress.
lets start around christmas last year? my sister and brother inlaw came to town. and i let them barrow the Galant as they had plans to go up snowboarding and my Honda's dont get parked outside (dont need parts or whole thing missing).... well i get a call the day before they are leaving saying its misfiring badly, and doesnt have that passing power it use to... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif
after a looking over back at my place, it had no compression on 2 cylinders /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif was 150 or 160 across when i got the car. so my long time DSM/EVO buddy and i are talking, come up with couple ideals. we agree its probably burnt valves. so quick pull head, reman/valves, headstuds/mls, etc... "or...ill sell you my 2.4L block..."
yup, motor is fucked. not rebuildable. go big, or go home /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif (maybe should note i wanted to do this before i even bought the VR4)
of course took longer than expected, spent more money that i wanted, etc.... no JSB though. did push her in/out the driveway more than i wanted though.
so here are some pics of my build:
Cometic .051 MLS HG, oil feed line. EGR blockoff, new belt.
brand new oil pan (mine was dented with a scary looking oil drain)... oh yeah, i work at Honda. we use this stuff for our oil pans/timing covers. works great.
oh yeah. got the hookup for a couple members here for some parts. dont remember your names now, but thanks again! got a lightly ported head with aftermarket springs, ARP headstuds, 2.4L cam gears... probably some other stuff. got it all cleaned up in parts washer. head machined for a MLS gasket.
G4CS block, Mitsu 100mm crank, Wiesco 8.8's, Eagle rods, balance shaft delete... pretty standard. new Clevite bearings to spec, rings gapped, everything looking perfect.
normally i build my own motors. but like i said, my buddy was planning on putting this in his car and changed his mind when he saw he could just sell it to me (then threw a stock 2.0 in his car). plus he actually spec'd out everything perfectly.
well, just the block/rotating assy was done. still some work to be done.
didnt even bother pulling the head, just bought a new one, found a deal.
mild porting
Si Valves dual springs
ARP's
FP2 cams
yes, i know, water pump pulley. i do hate that pulley btw.
bigblock ready to go in. EVO3 manifold w/oem shield, FP-Red turbo, some ceramic coated O2 housing/wg dump that i can never remember who make/made or write down, TiAL 38mm WG.
oh yeah. that NASTY ass 2.0l coming out. damn. pretty sure it was leaking from everywhere?
swapped the crushed stock bov for my extra TiAL 50mm. bought it for another project that didnt happen...mostly because to spent all that money on the Galant instead of my Civic LOL. i put the stock bov on my CRX... (ill stop there before i loose ya)
oh look, more parts
for some reason i thought or maybe didnt? that the TB didnt need resealed. found other sh*t on STM i felt i needed too it looks like... and yes those are Mitsu filters sitting on my desk at Honda
still got one there too.found some Galants at my local you pulls, got some toys.
one of my lenses was cracked. got a set of ambers. then got a set of clears a week or 2 later.
yep, one of them was a 1993 /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
IRC/Spearco 2-216 still hiding back there.
the CRX as mentioned before:
i have recently decided i dont need/want? this car, so i sold it to fund (or not take funds?) for the GVR4 and Civic...
Civic:
lol... so i had to dig to find this pic. seems that the car has rough paint, and i was lazy to put the moldings on. so i still havent taken a decent pic of the exterior...
yes, i do have more into the wheels than the rolling shell...
looks like i am out of pictures? i plan on making some small changes to the Galant over the winter/before spring. its currently running DSMlink v2.5, going to be upgrading to v3 for some more control. also have a friend that has some FIC 1450cc injectors for me, so probably do a E85 tune for next spring? would...will be getting this on the dyno also. really would like to see what kind of power she puts down (92oct or e85). be nice to find a 92 grill also.
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