94' Si w/B16A "Snow White" *Update: Fog HID's and

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By kapow
- Wed Jul 17, 2013 5:47 am #334299 Nice interior! Go Pros are awesome
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By bigJOE671
- Mon Jul 22, 2013 3:28 am #334522
kapow wrote:Nice interior! Go Pros are awesome


Thanks! I love my GoPro! :D


teal_dx wrote:How fast was that around the 5:20 mark? Car sounded good :thumb:


Its was a lil past 180km...so i'm assuming 110-120mph and Thanks :)
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Cam seal

By bigJOE671
- Sun Sep 15, 2013 2:49 am #336699 Made a video on this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiT-jzbzLIQ

So yesterday I finally bought a torque wrench. It was rated at 5-80 ft lbs. I needed one to do my cam seal for the longest time. Just had other priorities :(

Parts I needed to change
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My cheat sheet
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Removed Breather hose(red), valve cover nuts & washer/o-rings(yellow), and spark plug wires(green)
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Removed all bolts circled in green
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Took off oil rail and bolts
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Found the culprit! Shank was almost flush with the surface. In the pic I unscrewed it a lil bit
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Here's a reference of the messed up bolt and the new one
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cam seal I was replacing
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Oil's best friend (Hondabond)
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Applied Hondabond to surfaces needed
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Installed cam cap
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Install oil rail and torque bolts 1-10 20ft lbs/240in lbs
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Now torque bolts 11-14 7.1ft lbs/86in lbs. Since my torque wrench is on increments of 1ft lbs I did 7ft lbs.
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I applied Hondabond to these corners to prevent future oil leaks
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Installed valve cover with gasket
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Now I finished installed the valve cover breather hose, spark plug wires, and I just hand tightened the valve cover nuts. Last time I tried to torque em they started to strip.
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By Punksz6
- Mon Sep 16, 2013 10:43 pm #336788 Nice work bro. :thumb:

By bks84
- Mon Sep 16, 2013 10:58 pm #336793 might've needed a lil more hondabond... lol
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By bigJOE671
- Tue Sep 17, 2013 5:56 am #336806
Punksz6 wrote:Nice work bro. :thumb:

Thanks!


bks84 wrote:might've needed a lil more hondabond... lol

Lol! Just a lil bit



So after I changed my cam seal I also did an oil change. Now I just need to change my cap & rotor, spark plug wires, and spark plug


Gettin it in a Wawa!
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By bigJOE671
- Sun Sep 22, 2013 1:52 am #336950 During my time of fixing the cam seal leak...I found out my VTEC solenoid was also leaking oil. I was under the impression I also had a JDM B16A Obd-0 engine.

So when I went to research on how to change that gasket there was two different part numbers. B16A2 motors use different VTEC gaskets than the JDM B16A Obd-0. Attached a pic for reference.

B16A2 motors use
Upper: 36171-P08-005
Lower: 15825-P08-005

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So moving on...I went to buy some gaskets
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Upper gasket bolts
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Lower gasket bolts...filthy in this area :(
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Had to disconnect these two connectors
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I took off the solenoid and inspected both gaskets. I seem to have a VTEC solenoid that uses B16A2 gaskets :x
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So I ordered the gaskets that are on the right and Now I need to return them because I need the gaskets on the left :x
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By brandoff88
- Sun Sep 22, 2013 7:02 pm #336961 someone could have swapped the vtec solenoid assembly...I have to change mine on my d15b vtec because I broke the green connector on it when putting my motor in lol
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By bigJOE671
- Fri Sep 27, 2013 5:00 pm #337101
brandoff88 wrote:someone could have swapped the vtec solenoid assembly...I have to change mine on my d15b vtec because I broke the green connector on it when putting my motor in lol


I was thinking the same thing about someone swapped the solenoid. Damn! you had to swap the whole thing!?
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By bigJOE671
- Fri Sep 27, 2013 5:06 pm #337103 I went back to the dealership and bought some more gaskets and returned the ones that were not the right size

This receipt is the gaskets I bought for a B16A2. A ripoff if you ask me!
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This receipt is the gaskets I bought for a JDM B16A OBD-0
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By bigJOE671
- Fri Oct 04, 2013 7:36 pm #337309 Almost ready to cut and buff my paint
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Pre-wash
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Claying ready
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Showing how its done!
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Claying done
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Taped off unwanted cut and buff areas
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First time wet sanding
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Wet sanded a lil more after this pic
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First compound pass
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These pics don't do justice! Looks better in person.
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Results in video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWrb_-OB ... e=youtu.be

I still need to do a couple more passes. I found out I was not at the right speed (not fast enough).

This was my first time wet sanding and buffing paint. It was a learning process. But overall I'm glad with the results
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