Alittlelessordinary's 4dr GSR Build Thread

11/11/09: Manifold came in today!! Started taking stuff off the old stock manifold and swapped it over to the new one. Also bolted up my 68mm throttle body, then put the manifold on my motor. Starting to actually look like a motor now

Edelbrock Victor X:






Old vs New:




68mm TB bolted to the Edelbrock:



Manifold/TB bolted to the motor:

11/13/09: Well another good deal falls in my lap so I had to jump on it. I traded an LS ECU and $20 bucks and picked this up....Aeromotive Fuel Pressure Regulator





11/19/09: A buddy had a turbo integra, he sold it...somehow another buddy of mine ended up with the car due to it being wrecked. He is parting it out and has a couple things I want from it. One of those things was a C&R radiator w SPAL fan. I went ahead and picked it up off him

wait wait wait......u have 2 motors in the living room.......thats flockin awesome lol

seriously car is lookin good man

11/30/09: Ordered some parts today from Honda that I was missing. Those parts included:
Valve Cover Gasket
Vtec Solenoid Base Gasket
Vtec Solenoid Gasket
Spark Plug Tube Grommets

After that I went to a buddies garage and shaved my valve cover. Didn't turn out too bad

This is what it looked like to begin with:



Hit it with the grinder and got it down to this:



After that some hand sanding came into effect and it ended up looking like this:



Once I was done with that I decided while I am at it, might as well get it tapped for a catch can. Called up Jegs to see if they had any -10an fittings at the closest store. Guy on the phone said they had 6 of em in stock so I headed that way. Once I got there I was informed they only had 2 in stock...not a big deal I guess since the guy working ordered me 2 more that will be here tomorrow. Gonna try and get them welded in tomorrow so I can send the cover out to the powder coater later this week.





Will have pics up tomorrow as the parts from Honda come in. Might also goto Acura and pick up some more parts for the motor

12/1/09: Well the other 2 AN fittings arrived today. The parts from Honda got delayed a day I guess Went and dropped my valve cover and fittings off to local shop to have them welded in. Hopefully they are done with it tomorrow or Thursday so I can take it to be powder coated this week.

why so many vents there flamer?

Cause the tank I am going to use has 6 -10an fittings on it. 2 from the back of the block 4 from the valve cover.

12/2/09: Well the gaskets I ordered from Honda arrived today. I will be placing another order for more parts from them in the next week or so. Hopefully local welder calls today and lets me know that my valve cover has been finished

12/3/09: Well the motor is one step closer to being a fully rotating assembly. Picked up my timing belt tensioner and spring. Also called and ordered some random bolts from Honda that I needed as well as the crank pulley guide plates.

what date u shootin for it to be done

Never lol. Umm i'd like to have it in my car and running by March/April...boosted and tuned by June would be nice. Depends on how many bank robberies I can get away with by then

12/4/09: Well another shipment of OEM goodness has arrived. I ordered new bolts for the plastic timing belt covers and also the Crank Gear Guide Plates or washers basically lol.

Oh yeah another update today for ya:

12/4/09: Came home and was bored so I started putting the new gaskets on the motor. Pulled the vtec solenoid and put both the top and rear gasket on. After that the shop welding my valve cover called to tell me it was done. Went and picked that up and headed to powder coater. Picked out the color for my valve cover, should be done middle of next week. If it turns out good I will be taking my complete suspension into them to have it all done as well as random brackets and such. Heres some pics


Got the old gasket pulled off:



New one put in:



Top part of solenoid pulled off, gasket removed and new one put in:



Put it all back together and re-bolted it to the motor:



Heres the front of the valve cover with the bungs tapped and welded in:



And a shot of the back bungs:

you should of let me weld that valve cover josh lol. good progress though!

12/6/09: Its always nice having buddies that either work at parts stores or have warranties on parts at part stores lol. Picked up the 1 missing piece from my motor that makes it fully rotating and actually complete as far as the engine goes...My water pump!! Best part is it was FREE!! Bout damn time I get a free part after all the free parts the gf has gotten for her crx lol. Just gotta find some bolts to put it on with tomorrow and it will be finished. Who knows might just goto Honda and buy new bolts lol

speakin of the gf's car...how is it commin along?

Umm its coming along pretty good. She has gotten more free parts lol. I will have her register and post her build thread tomorrow

yeah man def want to see how its comin.

redlineperformance wrote:

yeah man def want to see how its comin.

im just nosey, and since i was stupid can got rid of almost all my toys im living my car modification dreams though all of u HAHA

12/8/09: Got to talking to a friend of mine last night about my motor and he asked me a question that I had totally over looked. He asked "if I had taken out the oil plug on the head, since my head came off an LS/Vtec". Of course I hadn't taken that out lmfao. So today me and my dad ventured up to a friends shop and tried taking it out. First we tried an allen wrench, that resulted in the allen wrench twisting at the head lol. Then we tried a Snap On socket with allen key fitting on the end, that also twisted at the head. So we finally said enough with that and just put it on the drill press and drilled it out. Should've done that to begin with haha. Also placed another order with Honda for some odds and end shit I need

Here is the plug that was in the head:



Now the head on the drill press being worked on:



The fitting is out!!:

i saved your motor lol

Haha yes you did sir! Thank you!!!

12/9/09: Yet another batch of OEM bolts has arrived lol. Believe it or not I had less then $3 bucks in this go around. These are the bolts for my water pump. After picking those up I came home and bolted the pump on, then went to autozone and picked up a Bosch oil filter. Might get around to putting my timing belt on tonight, depending on how motivated I feel.










Hopefully i'll have another update tomorrow but there might not be another one til this weekend when I buy something big hehe

12/10/09: The motor is finally fully rotational!! I put my BDL cam gears, timing belt and covers on today. Went ahead and tossed the Innovative driver side mount on just for shits and giggles

12/10/09: Well I got another update for ya lol. About 4pm today I got a phone call from the powder coating shop letting me know my cover was done. Now I have never used this shop before so I was hoping for the best....and I am happy with the results!! I will be taking my motor mounts and oil pan in more then likely to have them color matched as well as my suspension to be powder coated.