Viet's D16 build...

Viet · POOP Bum

RE: Viet's D16 build...

Mimi03GTI · Veteran Member

Wow, that car is gonna rock! Lookin' good dude!

And BJSCIVIC, get your ass down here soon! I heard it's going down to 5 degrees tonight where you live!

See you real soon!

bjscivic · Veteran Member

Mimi03GTI wrote:

Wow, that car is gonna rock! Lookin' good dude!

And BJSCIVIC, get your ass down here soon! I heard it's going down to 5 degrees tonight where you live! See you real soon!

I can't wait to get there!!!
You are true. It's gonna get LOW tonight!!! This sucks!
I can't wait to show you my ride!!! You will not recognize it when you come back to help pack.

New news....I just played guinee(sp) pig for a new type of tint that Full Blown is about to use. 20% tint all around FREE OF CHARGE w/ a lifetime warranty at any Global Tint & Films dealer in the country.

Damn!!! Now I need to start my own progress thread! Sorry for hijacking VIET!!!

Viet · POOP Bum

Jon finally got his engine stand back and my motor and all the goodies are it his house at the moment. We'll probably work on it this Wednesday. I'm really looking forward to make some progress with the motor build.

A4seen Racer · VP

Inspiration for the build

Del Sol

Viet · POOP Bum

lol thats exactly how iw ant it. dang jon you ruined my surprise.

Viet · POOP Bum

so we torn down the block and started to notch it. we used a carbide burr and it worked for about half of one notch. so does any know a good tool to use to grind aluminum? i was thinking using another carbide burr but one thats made for aluminum, but it is like $10-$15 for a really small burr. if anyones got any ideas lmk.

A4seen Racer · VP

also slipped to the second page

update: viet was supposed to borrow a sweet belt sander from josh(laser cutting guy) but he fell asleep instead

A4seen Racer · VP

some data on the d16

the first is a graph of the piston position, then piston velocity, then piston acceleration. the first 3 are pretty basic, the velocity is just the derivative of position and acceleration is the derivative of velocity. If you dont know what a dereivative is just look at it and think about whats going on and it makes sense. The last graph is te wristpin force. Its high at the beginning because thats the combustion phase. These came from a prgram out of one of my books from last semester. Pretty cool cause you can mess with bore and stroke ratios and see how it affects it.

Viet · POOP Bum

Well finally got all the grinding done. Thanks to Josh E. with his mini belt sander thing. It should be going out to a shop to get honed, cleaned and the crank polished. Thanks Jon for doing that for me while I goto work.

I think we plan to actually start building it next week Thursday. I'm ready to get this sucker done. I hoping for all the bearings to be with in spec, but I doubt that'll happen. So it will be another week or 2 before it is ready.

Oh and Jon might have broke my turbo, so I might be getting a cool new one.

Jon also has some video and pictures from the work done today.

THE PRESIDENT · see above

jon says he doesnt think he broke your turbo now. so you should be good

A4seen Racer · VP

Yep the turbo is still good. I still think you should get a new one though

pictures of the block

THE PRESIDENT · see above

hope everything goes well at the machine shop. cant wait to see this thing on the road.

A4seen Racer · VP

the machine shop call you today?

Viet · POOP Bum

Well good news and bad news on my build. Block is done and ready to be picked up, but the crank is fubar'd! So I am looking for another crankshaft. They offered to sell me a crankshaft kit that comes with a reground crankshaft and the bearing for it for around $200. I dunno if I wanna get a new crank or just go with that crankshaft kit.

A4seen Racer · VP

where else could you get a crank?

THE PRESIDENT · see above

ouch, that sucks. at least the block made it though. everybody usually just goes with stock cranks, right? 200 doesnt sound bad, but i've never purchased a honda crank before.

Viet · POOP Bum

alot of ppl try avoid grounded cranks, but in my situation i think it maybe inevitible. not unless i wanna dishout crazy loot for a brand new one.

A4seen Racer · VP

whats wrong with grounded cranks? what did the crank do wrong anyways

Viet · POOP Bum

well got the block back from the machine shop. its nice and clean, hopefully i can get the rest of the engine bay as clean. i also order their rank kit and should be getting it within a day or 2. so engine build will commence very soon!! still need to get a few things i think i should be able to get the rest of the stuff within this week or the next.

A4seen Racer · VP

oh so clean

look at that fresh bore

Viet · POOP Bum

damn i cna't wait to get this done!!!

THE PRESIDENT · see above

sweet!

oh and i spy the mr2 battery in the background.

A4seen Racer · VP

note how its not sitting on the concrete. I have no idea why I have to do that

Viet · POOP Bum

lol i dont know why either... i thik its a razy myth that needs to get busted.

Viet · POOP Bum

So I got my new crank shaft and we started the engine build yesterday. I had to leave early for work, but from what jon told me he ran into a slight problem. The tolerances on the 2 outside main bearings were a tad bit loose. I dont know the exact numbers, but I think jon does.

A4seen Racer · VP

Well none of the bearings were really good. The clearance specs are .0007" - .0014" for the outside bearings and .0009" - .0017" for the insides. The insides were just under .002" and the outsides a tad wider. Viet is gonna order some oversized bearings to get it in spec. Hopefully he gets them today.

And for picture time

We started the build in the kitchen to keep out of the dusty garage.

shiny new crank

THE PRESIDENT · see above

geez, that stuff looks so clean!!

hope you get the bearings straightened out. cant wait to see this thing together!!

oh and i'm diggin the kitchen shop!

Viet · POOP Bum

so i got the bearings and the new oil pump, but i didn't order enough bearings. i was thinking they came in pairs, but they obviously didn't. hopefully i can go down to honda and get the others.

Raoul Duke · Pronounced "dookie"