88 Accord Engine rebuild and much more!

[tuxdreamerx]

Hello all I might as well introduce myself, My name is Josh I own a 1988 Honda accord lX w/ carb, I have owned it for over a year and whoever I baught it from decided to bypass the Cooling fans and I over heated the thing so it still ran ok (or so I thought) and I was driving and downshifted into second at 55 MPH (not smart) anyways the car died I started it back up it died again and wouldnt start back up, long story short I took it to a shop and they told me I just broke my timing belt and it could be replaced by the next day (Smart me didnt know that when 3geezs break belts it also bends valves) so I said go ahead and do it, well got 3 minutes down the road from the shop and it happened again took it back, the belt broke again!, turns out I had a melted camshaft so had the head rebuilt and about 3000 miles of drive it started smoking horibbly (Bottom end Fried! ) so I got a nissian maxima 93 nice car really was until started misfiring after only driving it 4000 miles, fuel injectors fried... Replaced them without replacing o rings, about 3 days later it burned up F***, but I still had the 3geez so now it is undergoing engine rebuild and much more.. will post pics next

[Estimated Prophet]

Wow, good luck to you sir.

[guaynabo89]

pics?????

[tuxdreamerx]

Here is the cause of all the smoke and all the oil everywhere prepare for amazment!






somehow it was still driving lol, Horribly though I was afraid to get a ticket so I parked it

[tuxdreamerx]

Oh and my bearings and crank werent in the greatest shape so I replaced em all







Sorry no pics of the new one I forgot to take some but it is nice!,

[88Accord-DX]

You said it bent the valves after the timing belt broke right? Good luck with the rebuild.

[tuxdreamerx]

yeah but the head on it now is a rebuild with less than 5000 miles on it, and so far the rebuild is going good, its my first rebuild and I made the mistake of putting all bolts in nuts in one container so thats really a hassle

[tuxdreamerx]

Nice shiny block that a local vocational school machined for 20 bucks!

PS this is a a20a1

[tuxdreamerx]

Pistons bored .050 over new pistons and rings and pins, sorry no pics I forgot these too.

Painted engine parts Blue







Also new water pump and oil pump. ill post pics of the old water pump it was fried!

[tuxdreamerx]

Old clutch Trashed! so I got a new kit!



New Clutch throwout bearing and cluth pressure plate

[tuxdreamerx]

Got angel eye headlight conversion for my 3geez

[tuxdreamerx]

More engine shots as of today

[tuxdreamerx]

Here is a pic of the rear, I modified my honda H into a bihazard logo! lol, and I have a 3a racing double pipe muffler, along with brand new exaust pipes



New Flex pipe and all

[tuxdreamerx]

Clean Engine bay!



Also Blue windshield wiper arms



Ground Wire kit, Gold plated connectors and 4 gauge wire



My alarm system that I just installed last night (took about 4 hours) And it works great but omg this car is hard to install them in.

[tuxdreamerx]

I painted my hood black with some type of metal flakes in it it looks good and I think it will look great on that gold car





My neon setup



interior green and exterior blue





Interior shot, messy..
Pilot steering wheel, titanium shift knob, green interior, 250watt ac adapter mounted under dash (Center)
Pyle head unit (dont worry rest of the system will be displayed soon lol)

[tuxdreamerx]

Found a pic of my old clutch



Sound system

pyramid 2 channel 1200 watt amp, 1.5 farad capacitor, two alpine type s 12's 1200watt max rms







Window Tint

[tuxdreamerx]

More pics to come but im done posting for the evening I have a ton more to show off.

[Pico]

Sweet Job, hope your having lots of fun working on the engine I just finished my rebuild too.

[Chef Boyardee]

Good work done, I can appreciate a clean engine, but the paint and green interior accents are very cheesy.

[ZackieDarko]

come on now

ricer blue?

black fake looking CF hood?

you a ricer?

[A18A]

at least he knows what he's doing (engine wise)

[Vector]

come on now
ricer blue?
black fake looking CF hood?
you a ricer?

im surprised no one has siad anything about my hood.... and stfu if i just brought attention to myself...jk

good job on the engine and paint, i would have at least left the wipers alone

[MessyHonda]

nice...so it was just a stock rebuild.....that lil a20 should be puting thoes 1.5L civics down with ease....looks good...and props to you

[LiTtLe xOx BitT]

I like that your doing the work yourself, but that block looked clean as hell before you painted it, now it looks like a smurf. My opinion would be to not go for such a flashy look and just keep it nice and clean and mod the hell out of the motor and get weber. But if your into the flashy stuff and your looking for a bodykit let me know, i have one for sale.

[Vanilla Sky]

Why'd you go with such an aggressive bore? .050 is supposed to be the limit on these blocks. Did either your block or your head get decked during their rebuilds?