As we speak is the day! The engine I’ve been constructing goes within the autocross CRX! I’ll undergo the entire challenge step-by-step. To learn concerning the engine construct itself try this post.

Step 1: Have a pal who has a elevate.

Step 2 (elective): Paint your ugly block.

Step 3… okay I’m not numbering the steps anymore. Take off the wheels, traction management bar, ball joints…

Drain the forbidden nectar (gear oil).

Drain the forbidden Gatorade (engine coolant).

Pull the headers. These Megan racing headers will return in later however will finally get replaced with an AE-RACE turbo manifold.

Pull the radiator. It will return in with the brand new engine however may also finally should be changed with a half-size radiator to make room for the turbo.

Disconnect the harnesses and hoses. Regardless of how certain you’re that you just obtained all of them there will probably be extra that you just didn’t see whenever you begin pulling the engine, so double examine.

Disconnect the shift linkage. I’m going from a inventory B20B to a constructed LS/V and will probably be utilizing the identical GSR transmission so this shift linkage will nonetheless be used going ahead.

{Position} an engine cart simply under and disconnect the engine mounts. In case you are not lucky sufficient to have a elevate make certain your crane chains have stress proper now so that you don’t have a catastrophic falling engine.

Slowly elevate the automobile again up leaving the engine behind… control issues since you positively left some hoses or wires linked and also you’ll must take care of that.

Because the engine popping out and the engine getting in are each B-series I get to reuse the transmission, alternator, starter, wiring, hoses, distributor and many others. So all of them should be swapped over.

Swapping over some bits!

Put the fly wheel on.

This clutch goes again in for now however gained’t maintain as much as enhance later.

The transmission and starter can return on now.

This engine is able to be mounted. {Position} the engine beneath the automobile and convey it again down.

Ensure that to not whack something on the best way down.

Line up the engine mounts!

Bolt up the engine mounts and reinstall the headers.

Reinstall the radiator and hoses.

Set up the brand new shiny VTEC oil feed line that you just positively ought to have achieved whereas it was nonetheless exterior of the automobile.

Raise it again up a bit to put in the shift linkage.

Reinstall the traction bar and bolt up the exhaust down pipe.

Reinstall the axles, reconnect the knuckles, put the wheels again on. Principally re-do all the pieces you undid earlier than.

Subsequent set up the brand new spark plugs and bolt up the valve cowl as a result of for some purpose you by no means did this when constructing the engine.

We’re getting there… Plug all the pieces in and reconnect all of the hoses.

The Kind R cylinder head I’ve didn’t include an consumption manifold so right here’s the brand new Skunk2 Extremely Road consumption manifold I’m utilizing.

Right here I’ve new OEM coil packs (OEM for an Acura RSX Kind-S). This CRX was already transformed to coil-on-plug however the outdated non-VTEC engine was utilizing D17 (2002 Honda Civic LX) coils packs which gained’t work with this new VTEC engine. If you wish to examine changing to coil-on-plug try this post.

The consumption manifold is on, the brand new 70mm throttle physique on, the outdated consumption pipe is on and the brand new coil packs are in. This consumption manifold has straight runners that take up extra horizontal house than the earlier engine’s inventory B20B consumption manifold did so I needed to relocate among the issues on the firewall.

We’re utilizing the unique B20B fuel injectors and fuel rail. They’ll should be upgraded earlier than we go turbo however they work effective for now. Don’t neglect to attach the outdated throttle cable to the brand new throttle physique.

So that is the half the place you scratch your head and look all over to seek out the wires and hoses you haven’t reconnected but and fill the engine with fluids… after which lastly method that second of fact and switch the important thing…. and it doesn’t begin… why? As a result of we didn’t plug the coil-on-plug harness again into the ECU but! I’m truly undecided why on this course of I ever disconnected the coil-on-plug harness from the ECU…

However as soon as we did VROOM!

Thanks for studying!