Overall Rebuild: Three Issues i need help with.

[Sp00ny]

Ok so i went to go pick up my civic from the tuners today and was told that my rings need replacing before taking it anywhere close to 20psi

Only rebuilt my motor roughly 20 thou ago. The previous tune must have chewed them up over a year. So i mean i've stopped mechanics working on my car for over 3 years now. I've done everything myself, building turbo kits, removing the motor, changing clutches, suspension work, wiring. Pretty much everything bar from Tuning a car (which should always be left to someone who has had experience) and cracking apart the motor.

Do you guys think its a possibility to replace the rings myself. My unk has an engine rebuilding shop so i will take it to him if i get stuck. But i would like to do it myself. I have the tools and the shed space and i will get some advice off him but i just wanted to know cos a few people on here would have done it.

Also what would be rough time it would take to complete by myself? I know theres ways of getting around it by not taking out the whole motor and just removing the bottom end and doing it that way. What would be the easiest way?

If you were willing to suffer the downtime from doing everything yourself (usually much longer than when done professionally) it's not so much the mechanical work it's that if something needs to be machined/honed/bored (as trism mentioned) or you need to oversize the cylinders and you initially buy the incorrect products...It can be a costly, prolonged and annoying process...

[FastFwd]

If you were willing to suffer the downtime from doing everything yourself (usually much longer than when done professionally) it's not so much the mechanical work it's that if something needs to be machined/honed/bored (as trism mentioned) or you need to oversize the cylinders and you initially buy the incorrect products...It can be a costly, prolonged and annoying process...

As i was saying to Zeforce, i hope there is no issue with the bores, the car runs completely fine atm so i mean its not actually in to bad shape. the car could perfectly run NA for another 100 thou. But trying to boost it up or over 20psi with the rings i have atm is just not gonna happen.

I will have to speak with my uncle about the bore size etc on the pistons we installed in the last rebuild because they are slightly oversized and de-compressive.

I think if i find anything wrong with the bores ill bolt it back up and remove the motor chuck it on the ute and drive it to my uncles to get the bores honed etc and done properly. But in saying that i will probably pull apart my engine bay and shave everything and hide my wiring and get the engine bay resprayed. I was going to do that in the last rebuild but i couldnt be stuffed.