Many achievements made today in my life with the 3g

[newaccorddriver]

well, today is the day that my project is on its last days of being called a project. this project started a year ago to the month, it was aimed at beating elijah at the track when we both got our accords ready... it all started with me getting a free parts motor from elijah that i had planned on rebuilding. when i found out it spun a bearing, i decided it wasnt a good candidate for my hard earned money. after some careful thinking, i decided i would be best off using the motor that is currently in my car for the rebuild. after taking it apart, and sending the block to the machine shop at around june, i finally got a call about it one morning in august. when i signed the papers, and paid my deposit, my project was officially on the way, and within 2 months, i got the block back, along with all my parts i ordered for it.

as soon as i got the block back, winter basically hit, and i wasnt making any progress asides from researching on what i could use for engine management. a sad day came when elijah decided to quit on his project, so my goal was demolished with the acquisition of his car and miscellaneous parts. over the winter, nothing really happened with the entire motor build until i picked up the accord block elijah was going to build up. from there, i salvaged the crank pulley and quickly sent it off to get my rotating assembly balanced. once balanced, i started ordering miscellaneous parts for my motor, and started assembling my motor. while assembling my motor, i ran into several problems, the first being that i was doing all the work outside. this proved to be a costly mistake since a sand storm basically took place and nearly ruined my motor. so i took it back to get it all cleaned at the machine shop, which didnt charge me a cent for their service surprisingly. upon its return, i decided i wasnt going to make the same mistake all over again, so i made some room in the back of the garage to build my motor. and not, i can proudly say with a big smile and a grin on my face, as of may 21st, 2007, i will no longer be assembling my motor as it is now complete with minor complications which i will get sorted out soon. as far as dropping it in the car, i just gotta wait a couple weeks, and it should be good to go. hopefully it will be done in time for the cruise for cancer


for those that want pictures, i will post pictures in a couple weeks when this project is complete and the motor is in, and running. ive got over 100 pictures, and this was just from the engine assembly alone!

[EricW]

Good to hear its almost together. I just pulled a block today to begin my engine build.

[Sporno]

that sounds really really cool! i cant wait to see pictures!

[AccordEpicenter]

is this gonna be a turbo build? Whats elijah up to anyway, does he still have his?

[newaccorddriver]

is this gonna be a turbo build? Whats elijah up to anyway, does he still have his?

this current build isnt going to be my turbo build, this build is just to get it out on the road, and get megasquirt up and running. once megasquirt is running with fuel, ill attempt to take the weights out of the distributor, then do the timing, and then turbo. if everything goes through with flying colors, it will be turbo'ed and eventually blown up when my turbo build is complete.

i actually bought elijahs accord, so ya... elijahs been busy lately running his shop. as far as i know, hes doing a fairlady Z which is basically going to be a 10 second car.

[AccordEpicenter]

nice. Im jonesin to see this megasquirt work on your car and everything.

[newaccorddriver]

dont expect it until around the end of summer or even fall though. since im working night shift, im basically sleeping or working during the week. the weenends is when i get to do things, and this weekend im hoping on cleaning up the engine bay, and hopefully do something about my steering rack and speed sensor not getting fluid due to PS being removed. ive got an idea on what to do, just gotta do it. if theres time, ill bolt my tranny up to my engine, and go from there
im still gathering parts for megasquirt, and as of now, i need both the intake temp sensor, and coolant temp sensor, possibly a few other goodies and thats about it. technically, i can get megasquirt to run right now, but i want to take full advantage of everything and do it properly, so ill need to save up for dyno time, insurance, and a few other things. if insurance was paid for last month, then i wouldnt wait as long, but insurance expires next month, so i gotta deal with that ASAP

dont expect it until around the end of summer or even fall though. since im working night shift, im basically sleeping or working during the week. the weenends is when i get to do things, and this weekend im hoping on cleaning up the engine bay, and hopefully do something about my steering rack and speed sensor not getting fluid due to PS being removed. ive got an idea on what to do, just gotta do it. if theres time, ill bolt my tranny up to my engine, and go from there
im still gathering parts for megasquirt, and as of now, i need both the intake temp sensor, and coolant temp sensor, possibly a few other goodies and thats about it. technically, i can get megasquirt to run right now, but i want to take full advantage of everything and do it properly, so ill need to save up for dyno time, insurance, and a few other things. if insurance was paid for last month, then i wouldnt wait as long, but insurance expires next month, so i gotta deal with that ASAP

heres a little teaser picture of whats to come...