Alex's B20VTEC DC2

[Super-DA9]

The whole engine needs to come out anyway right?

I would strongly suggest removing the engine in one piece and deconstructing it on a stand (or even just on the floor), so much easier that way (especially on your back lol)

I'm also curious to hear what internals you want to run and if you plan to have any work done on the head?

[Vvvtec]

Damn you beat me to it timbo lol, was gonna say, why not remove the entire motor first?

[ivseenwars]

Damn you beat me to it timbo lol, was gonna say, why not remove the entire motor first?

The whole engine needs to come out anyway right?

I would strongly suggest removing the engine in one piece and deconstructing it on a stand (or even just on the floor), so much easier that way (especially on your back lol)

I'm also curious to hear what internals you want to run and if you plan to have any work done on the head?

I need an engine crane to get the motor out, which I dont have. Planned on removing the head and putting it on the b20 and once the motor is built then id just drop the b18 block out the bottom.

I thought about doing internals but its way more money than I wanna spend on the motor itself. Itd be 400ish for pistons and rods then another 300 for the rings etc, that money could be better spent on a 4.7d fd & LSD.

[ivseenwars]

The whole engine needs to come out anyway right?

I would strongly suggest removing the engine in one piece and deconstructing it on a stand (or even just on the floor), so much easier that way (especially on your back lol)

I'm also curious to hear what internals you want to run and if you plan to have any work done on the head?

And im sending the head off to be machined this week and getting the seats etc checked

[Super-DA9]

I need an engine crane to get the motor out, which I dont have. Planned on removing the head and putting it on the b20 and once the motor is built then id just drop the b18 block out the bottom.

I thought about doing internals but its way more money than I wanna spend on the motor itself. Itd be 400ish for pistons and rods then another 300 for the rings etc, that money could be better spent on a 4.7d fd & LSD.

I dropped my engine out through the bottom without a crane initially.

if you have a jack that can lift fairly high and a bunch of sleepers you'll be right :P

Oh ok fair enough. Any idea what compression ratio you end up with using the B20 stock internals and c2 head? the c2 head should help to increase the compression.

[ivseenwars]

I dropped my engine out through the bottom without a crane initially.

if you have a jack that can lift fairly high and a bunch of sleepers you'll be right :P

Oh ok fair enough. Any idea what compression ratio you end up with using the B20 stock internals and c2 head? the c2 head should help to increase the compression.

I have an SCA jack that doesnt even get under my car anymore need to get an arcan haha

Not sure of the exact ratio but you gain a tiny bit of compression

[Super-DA9]

I have an SCA jack that doesnt even get under my car anymore need to get an arcan haha

Not sure of the exact ratio but you gain a tiny bit of compression

Arcan jacks are awesome haha. Great for $159.

[ivseenwars]

Arcan jacks are awesome haha. Great for $159.

Yeah I was ready to buy one but then my starter motor died -_-

[MassiEk4]

Looking good man, will you be going with the stock head gasket or a thinner one?

with stock head gasket your comp will be approx 10.2:1.

http://www.zealautowerks.com/bseries.html

[ivseenwars]

Looking good man, will you be going with the stock head gasket or a thinner one?

with stock head gasket your comp will be approx 10.2:1.

http://www.zealautowerks.com/bseries.html

The conversion kit im buying has an oem headgasket in it but is there any advantages to running a thinner one?

[cbauto]

Higher compression.

[Super-DA9]

As stated above, a tad bit higher compression, but will throw the timing out a little bit. You have adjustable cam gears though so that shouldn't be a problem.

Something I would consider is replacing the crank and rod bearings with something like ACL race bearings that can handle higher RPM. I'm not sure if the B20 stock ones are made to take high RPM abuse?

They are only around $150 and will save you huge headaches later.