Before I got to this post I was thinking "build it yourself". I plan on building my block soon as well so the questions you're asking are already helping me haha.

 

if theres any questions u have man just post em up. im sure theres ppl on here as well as myself that are willing to help u out as best as we can.

 

Yeah, don worry, there are plenty of people who have built their own motor Ive personally worked on 4 so feel free to post any questions up.

 

small update... i got everything i have so far all sorted out, made sure i had all necessary parts to put this back together since the motor was torn down quite a few months ago. gettin ready to bring it in to measure the cylinder walls and send it to be machined. hopefully i can get by with just a hone and wont have to worry about having it bored.

 

Got a lil visit today at work from santa snap-on. Got some necessary tools. Only thing left is a torque wrench and the rest of the parts. Im gonna tear down the rest of the block this weekend and measure the cylinder walls to see what size pistons ill need.

 

good luck man. i ended up having to sleeve mine since it had already had a slight bore the last build. getting the darton sleeves installed is like double the price of a normal bore.

 

thanks man. yeah i dont think im gonna have to re-sleeve it. it was a stock motor, no mods, so i dont think itll be much of an issue. i was gonna order my pistons but i wanna make sure of the specs so i know what to order.

 

I do recommend going 89mm on the piston bore. The stock bore comes out of round easy just from mileage and to get her true again you usually have to bore her over. Just from experience Jon.

 

yea i hear ya there. im excited to put my motor together not paying someone else to do all the work for me. goodluck

 

good to know paul.

speedintc, yea im excited/nervous about it. lol... the motor is fairly simple to assemble, but its just one of those things u know what i mean. thankfully i have people at work that are knowledgeable and are willing to help me out if for some reason i run into any hiccups.

 

No prob! Anything else, feel free to drop me a line.

 

will do chief. ill be in touch shortly.

 

i finally got around to finish rippin the old pistons out today as well as removing the balance shafts. now i just gotta schedule when i can drop the block off to the machine shop and order up some parts.

 

dezod ss clutch line ordered. hopefully ill have some nice commission this month and i can get the rods or pistons ordered up. i hate bills!!! lol

 

paul i gotta question for ya. just general knowledge when building the block, am i gonna have to file down the piston rings for proper clearance and fitment ? or do the wiseco's come ready to go? just from my general understanding, all rings need to be filed down.

 

All rings need to be filed.

 

yeah thats what i figured.

 

what would be the best head gasket to use??? oem or cometic??? im gonna be gettin an oem gasket set regardless but wasnt 100% sure if the cometic's have any problems with seating correctly like they did on honda's. i know its apples to oranges but i tho id ask.

 

Oem I use oem ran on 22 psi all day no prob.

If I'm not mistaking world racing made 1000 hp on oem head gasket and they use oem head gasket on time attack car.

 

i know this has always been a huge debate, well at least when i was in the honda world a few yrs back. u can never go wrong with oem gaskets imho.