Its a b20b, from the 1997 crv. Im going for the pistons and the rods. Thanks for the ideas, I know a better water pump would cool it down some, and I used mobil one synthetic for the last few years, I wans't sure if you meant the type of oil, or if syntetic was a pump brand. I kind of placed pistons rings on the discretionary list, figured if I was replacing pistons, I'd need rings too. I hadn't thougth about getting the crank polished though, what does polishing the crank do to help the power? I thougtha bout new bearings, but I'm not sure who makes them, or what are good bearings and @ what price. Unfortunatly my budget is not unlimited. I know of a ceramic bearing place called boca bearings thats supposed to be good, but I dont know the difference between "regular" bearings and engine bearings, nor do I know the size for a quote, in fact I dont even for sure know how many, I assume 5 (3 in the middle and 1 on each end)?
I also plan to do a b16 head swap after I do all this upgrading, and a turbo after that. (thats a year down the road though) I just wanted to make sure that anything I buy now will last though the upgrades, like the compression wont be all screwed up when I switch heads will it?
And a final question (hopefully) about pistons. I know that they have reliefs for the valves, but do they all have big enough reliefs for the vtec conversion, or are there special pistons for that, that I should be looking at (so I dont have to change)?
Also poncho, thx for the ideas, and could you suggest maybe some websites or manufacturers that I can look up for the pumps and bearings? And thx for the heads up, but If I go a day or so over the holiday weekend project (as I assume I will, becuase thework is adding up
) I can borrow a car if I had to, My mother has 2 cars. I figure what I would do with the head, is keep it stock, for now, and when I get the b16 head I can bother with buying a new timing belt, and stuff for the head. The timing belt on my car will probably be due for a service about next year anyway.
Thanks,
Buzz1167
Jon N