Hey Prime,
AJ here. My car is a 91 with a 3L 5 speed usdm transmission. As most of you know I have been constantly upgrading the car from a horrid condition due to being a theft recovery. The mod list is so long I won't even bother listing it. I bought a brand new ctsc from Shad and had him install it 25 months ago. I loved the power and sound of the car after installation. I had 2 hiccups which were a squeaky belt and a ct esm issue which would sometimes cut power at the end of a power band. It happened very rarely though and only at low temps. But most importantly, I suffered a catastrophic engine failure early last month.
Back in February I was checking all fluids and had to add a quart and a half of coolant to my reservoir. I found no evidence of leaking and bled some air through the system by opening the bleed screw on the top of the radiator while the engine was running until coolant came out. Then I continued to drive my car hard as usual.
Biggest mistake of my life. Well, maybe the second... The head gaskets were slowly leaking and finally gave way at about 7,000 rpm, 6.5 psi of boost, and 125 mph... The force of the water being flushed into the pistons blew out my rings and overpressurized my reservoir cap. Leading to an engine Bay covered in coolant and oil.
This was not fun....
After picking up the pieces, listening to my wife bitch tirelessly about how I shouldn't have bought the supercharger, and test driving some new fast cars I made the decision to dump more cash into the car. The biggest amount of cash to date at one single time. So here is my list of work that will be performed to the car and is already underway. I really wanted to have the aftercooler installed with my engine build but it just racks up the cost too much for now. In time I will have it done. Big thanks to McCool for some help with parts.
Also, please don't ask why I didn't go turbo.....If I could have, don't you think I would have already done that when I dropped 11k into a supercharger package with all top end seals? You can pick the route you wanna go when your the one dropping cash. Oh, and J-motors are for civics...:tongue: Keep it real and keep it nsx...
The list......
Remove and install engine, bleed cooling system.
Disassemble engine and send to machine shop.
Clean engine and mag check.
Forged low comp piston set.
Block bore and hone.
Block surface.
Timesert block.
Arp head bolts.
New lost motion assemblies.
Ctsc solid belt tensioner.
Race spec valve job and assembly.
Surface heads.
Rebuild rods to allow new pistons.
Balance engine.
Block assembly.
Crank bearings.
Trust bearings.
Rod bearings.
Timing belt.
Cometic head gaskets. 93 mm.
Intake seals.
Exhaust seals.
Torque heads to race spec.
ALL other gaskets on motor.
New coolant hoses. All hoses.
Baffled oil pan and gasket.
Powercoat valve covers. Wrinkle yellow.
Dyno tune motor and break in with motul oil.
Full coolant flush and refill.
Sos coolant reservoir in black wrinkle.
Exedy twin disk organic clutch with install kit.
Aem series 2.
Injector dynamics 725 injectors.
Aem 320 LPH in tank fuel pump.
Driving Ambition intercooler with pump and heat exchanger.
Crankshaft and rods to be inspected after the tear down.
Until I have more updates. Enjoy this video.
https://youtu.be/gnRjw5_p2fQ
AJ here. My car is a 91 with a 3L 5 speed usdm transmission. As most of you know I have been constantly upgrading the car from a horrid condition due to being a theft recovery. The mod list is so long I won't even bother listing it. I bought a brand new ctsc from Shad and had him install it 25 months ago. I loved the power and sound of the car after installation. I had 2 hiccups which were a squeaky belt and a ct esm issue which would sometimes cut power at the end of a power band. It happened very rarely though and only at low temps. But most importantly, I suffered a catastrophic engine failure early last month.
Back in February I was checking all fluids and had to add a quart and a half of coolant to my reservoir. I found no evidence of leaking and bled some air through the system by opening the bleed screw on the top of the radiator while the engine was running until coolant came out. Then I continued to drive my car hard as usual.
Biggest mistake of my life. Well, maybe the second... The head gaskets were slowly leaking and finally gave way at about 7,000 rpm, 6.5 psi of boost, and 125 mph... The force of the water being flushed into the pistons blew out my rings and overpressurized my reservoir cap. Leading to an engine Bay covered in coolant and oil.
This was not fun....
After picking up the pieces, listening to my wife bitch tirelessly about how I shouldn't have bought the supercharger, and test driving some new fast cars I made the decision to dump more cash into the car. The biggest amount of cash to date at one single time. So here is my list of work that will be performed to the car and is already underway. I really wanted to have the aftercooler installed with my engine build but it just racks up the cost too much for now. In time I will have it done. Big thanks to McCool for some help with parts.
Also, please don't ask why I didn't go turbo.....If I could have, don't you think I would have already done that when I dropped 11k into a supercharger package with all top end seals? You can pick the route you wanna go when your the one dropping cash. Oh, and J-motors are for civics...:tongue: Keep it real and keep it nsx...
The list......
Remove and install engine, bleed cooling system.
Disassemble engine and send to machine shop.
Clean engine and mag check.
Forged low comp piston set.
Block bore and hone.
Block surface.
Timesert block.
Arp head bolts.
New lost motion assemblies.
Ctsc solid belt tensioner.
Race spec valve job and assembly.
Surface heads.
Rebuild rods to allow new pistons.
Balance engine.
Block assembly.
Crank bearings.
Trust bearings.
Rod bearings.
Timing belt.
Cometic head gaskets. 93 mm.
Intake seals.
Exhaust seals.
Torque heads to race spec.
ALL other gaskets on motor.
New coolant hoses. All hoses.
Baffled oil pan and gasket.
Powercoat valve covers. Wrinkle yellow.
Dyno tune motor and break in with motul oil.
Full coolant flush and refill.
Sos coolant reservoir in black wrinkle.
Exedy twin disk organic clutch with install kit.
Aem series 2.
Injector dynamics 725 injectors.
Aem 320 LPH in tank fuel pump.
Driving Ambition intercooler with pump and heat exchanger.
Crankshaft and rods to be inspected after the tear down.
Until I have more updates. Enjoy this video.
https://youtu.be/gnRjw5_p2fQ
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