Progress thread

[Dr_Snooz]

Yay!!!

[InAccordance]

She moves. Drove it to work. Taking it easy on it until clutch sets in but she's going to be a ripper.
Still have some issues. Need to bypass the key interlock, signals aren't working, half the interior is still apart, just things like that.

[InAccordance]

Just for archival purposes this is the list of everything that was done recently..

A2Q5 transmission w/ roughly 188k miles. Remaining fluid drained and replaced with Royal Purple 5w-30
Unorthadox Racing lightweight flywheel
M-Pact 6 puck ceramic clutch disc
Exedy pressure plate
2g Prelude Pacesetter short throw shifter
Shift rod and torque arm
5 speed pedal cluster
Timing belt and tensioner
oil pan gasket
rear main seal
valve stem seals
Exhaust manifold gasket
Engine fully drained of oil and replaced with 10w-30 synthetic
Polyurethane'd engine mounts
Lower ball joints on both sides replaced
Wheel bearings and new hubs
Rotors and ceramic pads

[Dr_Snooz]

That's nice work there.

[InAccordance]

Probably shoudn't have but couldn't resist giving it the beans on the way home from work and holy fuck does it pull hard, especially 3rd gear. 1st and 2nd rip so fast but 3rd seems to really take off. Maybe just me, but the carbs seem like they are even louder with the manual trans lol. They are louder than my exhaust at some points. Which my exhaust is the header to straight pipe to a flowmaster 44. No converter or resonator and I can still hear the carbs over that. Fucking love it.

[InAccordance]

Started belching oil smoke at startup and after long periods of idle. Must've borked one of the stem seals when replacing them, now I have to go in and find the culprit. doh!
Coolant is clean and it only does it at those times so got to be the stem seals.

[Shane86]

Started belching oil smoke at startup and after long periods of idle. Must've borked one of the stem seals when replacing them, now I have to go in and find the culprit. doh!
Coolant is clean and it only does it at those times so got to be the stem seals.

Pistons

[InAccordance]

Nah, no smoke under throttle unless it's been idling for a bit and at startup. Classic symptoms of stem seals. I've got another set laying around so I'll go in and do it again.
Oil is clean as well, still caramel brown and doesn't smell burnt.

[Shane86]

Nah, no smoke under throttle unless it's been idling for a bit and at startup. Classic symptoms of stem seals. I've got another set laying around so I'll go in and do it again.
Oil is clean as well, still caramel brown and doesn't smell burnt.

That's good

[InAccordance]

Stem seals replaced. I did bugger one the first time, the little spring was missing on one of the exhaust valves. woops.
Went ahead and did the set just to be safe. No more smoke!

[Dr_Snooz]

How did you keep the valves from falling into the engine?

[InAccordance]

Actually a couple did, lol.. They were on cylinders set to TDC though and I have a magnet pickup tool that is the size of a pen that fits perfectly in the guides. The valves wont drop right away after taking the spring(s) and retainer off cause after 284k miles, the valve itself is worn down a bit to create a slight lip. It is really only when removing the old seal that it becomes a danger. At that point I just make sure to keep a finger against the valve to maintain some pressure to hold it against the guide.

I do have a few guides that are worn but that will have to wait until next year.

[Dr_Snooz]

You like living on the edge. LOL. I figured you would do the rope trick or something.

[InAccordance]

Thought about using some string but couldn't find anything small enough to work so tempted fate.

[InAccordance]

So funny story... got mine running almost a month ago.. Literally two days after I got my vehicle driveable, the wifes car throws a fucking rod with no warning. She has a 2006 Ford Escape that only had 111k miles and the pos threw a damn rod.
On the plus side, I put plenty of miles on mine taking her to work and back to set my clutch in. On the down side, hers cost us 3800$ to have an engine put in and some other things it needed.
So looks like some of my plans for the Accord have been pushed back a bit >.>

[Dr_Snooz]

Ouch. That sucks. Sorry to hear it. Hope you get back on track soon.

[InAccordance]

Looks like Wilwood still makes a 4 piston caliper set for the 3g. Suddenly I feel like my vehicle needs new brakes.

[Shane86]

Looks like Wilwood still makes a 4 piston caliper set for the 3g. Suddenly I feel like my vehicle needs new brakes.

Really you got a link to those

[Dr_Snooz]

https://wilwood.com/BrakeKits/BrakeK...axle=Front+Kit

Someone needs to call them to make sure they still offer it.

[Shane86]

$447.99 wow

[InAccordance]

Yea....lol

On another note, speedometer quit a little bit ago, finally got around to digging today. Cable broke. Yay.

[InAccordance]

SO I had this thought...
What if you were to take the header I have (OBX 4-1) which has slip joints and flip it. Cut the runners off the flange and flip them, weld it back upside down. Get a 4-1 collector with a turbo flange and have it fit to the 4 runners. You've got yourself a turbo manifold. Granted it would be super high and sit above the hood line but still...
Just thinking about things to do later on down the road. The idea of turbo'ing has popped up. Wouldn't a twin DCOE turbo be fun?
They make plenums that mount to them for it.
Just shower thoughts I guess lol

[Dr_Snooz]

Sounds awesome! You should do it.

[InAccordance]

More shower thoughts...
Ok so, say you take the stock carb intake right, cut out the dividers and basically gut it, open it up so it flows super good. I think there was someone on here who did it a long time ago, can't remember who..
Then you go get yourself some weber adapter plates, port match those to the intake you just cut out.
Then go get yourself a 4 to 2 barrel carb adapter and flip it, now you've got a mounting point for a 4 barrel carb.
Go get yourself a nice Holley or whatever brand of carb you like and you take it and have it boost prepped or you buy it already ready to go for boost.
I know a 4 barrel can handle boost when setup right, people do it all the time. My neighbor has an old Chevy stepside that is twin turbo carbed. His uses a Demon carb.
hrmmmmmm

[Dr_Snooz]

You can only do this if you stick a roots blower on top with a giant scoop. That would be epic!!!

In all seriousness though, I'm thinking in much the same direction. The domestic aftermarket has so much awesome stuff that interchanges and works with everything else so well. And in the import scene stuff is so hard to find, doesn't tend to play well with other stuff and is a giant headache to set up. That leaves aside the increasing scarcity of replacement parts for the 3g. If I can retrofit the domestic aftermarket stuff onto my 3g, then all those problems disappear.