I'll prolly get a big writeup of my over-infalted camshaft install. But basically i stuffed up and i consiquently pulled the head to fix my mistake. Here are some prorgess pics, of the cylinders of a boosted d16 (20k) with 11psi tuned with the e-manage. Everything looked pretty sweet. crosshatching still on cylinder walls, head gasket was in great condition, and yeah...
cheers to rufes1. he is my partner in crime
removal of the head was pretty straightforward.. just went step by sep through the honda manual, accept id idnt remove the powersteering pump, just a bolt. the hardest part was getting those damn coolant hoses off, almost welded on some were.. and i was happy there was enough give in my flex pipe, to allow me to simply pull the exhaust manifold/turbo off the head, without needed to go through the trouble of removing ALL the turbo related parts..
next comes prepping of the gasket surface, new head gasket and arp headstuds.. i purchased another d16y1 (thanks chi!) and i will be using it was a doner for a new head + other random bits.
the ****up was when i was installing my new camshaft - possibly 3fold:
1. possibly had a vtec rocker arm stuck under the assembly. those things are damn hard to put on with 1 person - 2ppl needed!
2. overtorqued bolts (it was my first time using the honda manual and they list torque spec's differently).
3. and i didnt adjust valve lash so valve was hitting the piston as a ...
in the end, i broke 2 cam caps.
stuffups are all part of the DIY game, its to be expected..
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