ENGINE IS OUT! What should I install while it is?

[mr.hieudangly]

Hey guys,

What are the best things to do to a b18c7 while the engine is out of the car? Doing an engine swap for an em1! Was thinking of cams, but anything else worth installing while the engine is out?

Any help and recommendations appeciated!

Hieu

[mocchi]

replace timing belt, aux belts, clutch/flywheel, oil main seal
all service items are easier when engine is out

[curtis265]

agree with above,

you'll spend far less hours, hav less scraped knuckles and won't end up swear and cursing as much by doing it with the engine out

[mr.hieudangly]

thanks guys! much appreciated, will carry out servicing!
any further recommendations welcome!

[G-Stick]

degrease your engine bay with a brush and high pressure hose as well. alot easier to clean with the engine out.

[dorikin]

Need to do this too. What are all the main seals, service items I should replace while engine is out

[mocchi]

Need to do this too. What are all the main seals, service items I should replace while engine is out

main seal is behind flywheel

[curtis265]

check piston rings as well lol, junk/rebuid engine if they're bad

[aaronng]

Replace fuel filter and also check engine mounts and suspension bushings for degradation/wear, replace as necessary.

[dorikin]

nah i know what the main seal is.. I meant what are the main items on the engine I should replace (like a full list of the common seals that need replacing)

[trism]

Front main
Rear main
Cam seals
Sump gasket
Valve cover gasket
Distributor o ring
Water pump
Timing belt
Radiator and heater hoses
Driveshaft seals
Ancillary belts
Idler pulley

[Vvvtec]

Good info here guys

[mocchi]

cam seal is the most common thing i see leaking/seeping (dizzy & timing belt) side
sump gasket too

[dorikin]

Naice :thumbsup:

[GSi_PSi]

Install JDM D15B into em1 while B18C7 is out

and call it a day

[mocchi]

Install JDM D15B into em1 while B18C7 is out

and call it a day

Naice :thumbsup:

[mr.hieudangly]

This thread is hot! Awesome guys, thanks for the help. Much appreciated

[Indie]

Good thread. Solid advice here. Have fun bro, should come out of it with a nice clean bay.

[SLOBRO]

go b20 vtec :D

[EG52NV]

What to do while engine is out: Take a photo of you standing inside the engine bay...

[eg5civic]

Paint your pay if the paints looking dull. Nothing like a freshly cleaned motor and a freshly painted bay to go with it.

I did it in my laurel I'm building, cost me all of $150, 120 for 1L paint and then a big tin Of thinners ( mate already had a gun and compressor) was just done in an open front shed, came out real nice

[curtis265]

also photoshop jay z in it twice and say you're doing a 2jz swap

[trism]

With Nas

[Indie]

With NasIf you're painting your engine bay, be sure to use Tupac paint. A Snoop carbon fibre hood would be a nice touch.

[Snoop_gee]

^ ahaha thats gangsta.

while your thinkin of what should be installed i would be thinkin what can be removed and made clean.

Does your budget allow for the engine to be shaved.

http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae133/RareDub/Mike/DSC07762.jpg

http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae133/RareDub/Mike/DSC07761.jpg

http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae133/RareDub/Mike/DSC07760.jpg

The results will speak for itself aftwards

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2606/4183002917_aafcc64871_o.jpg

[curtis265]

wow that valve cover

[Indie]

That's sick.

[FAITHLESS]

**** that's the worst cracked head i've ever seen.

[curtis265]

it's artwork, not actual cracking

[trism]

**** that's the worst cracked head i've ever seen.

That's not the head, that's the valve cover.

Its also airbrushing.

[EG52NV]

**** that's the worst cracked head i've ever seen.

I think it was a joke...

[Indie]

it's artwork, not actual crackingHe was very obviously joking.

[eg5civic]

Why would he be joking? The internets serious business

[curtis265]

LOL my sarcasm detector must be faulty today

[FAITHLESS]

Trolololol

[Indie]

LOL my sarcasm detector must be faulty todayHa. I mean, it has bloody four-leafed clovers growing out of the cracks!

[TGW92]

What to do while engine is out: Take a photo of you standing inside the engine bay...

that should already be #1 on the list :)

[Bludger]

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u19/bau_fug/snoop.jpg