MY WERD!!! She Breathing Right NOW!!

[VexXx Dogg]

You're welcome to come scope out my 03 Singapore BL5 to confirm the difference in coilpack setup (if any)

I'm up UWI during the week; couva-ish on evenings/weekends

[Monk BANzai]

will do......yours a local BTW?....Neal & Massy?

[Monk BANzai]

Banzai, did you check aditi enterprises in gasparillo? (i cant remember if I said this before)
I think he had some engine parts from a scrapped BL5

Yeah I already spoke to Yyshall.....he is the one that alerted me to the difference between the Japanese spec and the Singapore spec.

[VexXx Dogg]

Singapore roro.

[Monk BANzai]

oh ok....have a few leads out... One guy selling his heads for $7500....and that is discounted eh.....fadda lawd.....

[Marct]

best thing is to forget the rebuild & source an engine out of the US-

less head headache as the availability of compatible parts with the upgrades and the fitment issues aren't worth it (not forgetting the paper to source and instal)- cut the losses early

been there done it

[Monk BANzai]

you sourced a 2.0 or a 2,5 out of the US? including ECU? or yu used ur local ECU?

[Marct]

2.0 used the orginal ecu-

[Monk BANzai]

update. Both Baldwins and the QUalitech looked at the journals and decided that they are not damaged to the point of repair. They can be used again with a polish. THe cams however. Are damaged and (esp Qualitech) would not recccomend repairing. They've done so in the past and it did nto work out well.

Sooooooooo.....once again....my shopping list adjsuts again....looking for cams now.....Legacy BL5 cams that support AVCS..

[Ragnarok]

^^^This i might find for you.

[Monk BANzai]

please let me know buddy.....checking all my options at this point....

[16 cycles]

with respect to options for the heads....

if using the JDM STi GC8 heads - assuming they have no AVCS function whereas the previous legas heads did? how do you compensate via ECU ?

If using the current legas heads - possible to source a rebuild kit with cams / springs / journals etc for the 7500TT price being charged for the gc8 head?

like the evo9's with the mivec heads - might need to ensure that replacement cams are avcs compliant...

[Ragnarok]

These are GDB cams E207 with AVCS

[16 cycles]

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthr ... t=cam+info

^ fyi

[Monk BANzai]

good read Cycles...and yes Ragnarok....thats it right there.....

[Monk BANzai]

found me a pair....collecting on Monday....but honestly...some ppl really offering some RIDICULOUS PRICES on STOCK USED PARTS!!! $10,000 for a pr of heads? REALLY?.....$6000 for a set of cams?

nah man....i think that is uncalled for and would not pay that for STOCK parts...if it was bolt on mods yes...

[Ragnarok]

Geez.... so you good to go then?These were costing me 150usd.Tomei cams were costing $6500.00tt

[VexXx Dogg]

found me a pair....collecting on Monday....but honestly...some ppl really offering some RIDICULOUS PRICES on STOCK USED PARTS!!! $10,000 for a pr of heads? REALLY?.....$6000 for a set of cams?

nah man....i think that is uncalled for and would not pay that for STOCK parts...if it was bolt on mods yes...

wtf

[ole whore]

found me a pair....collecting on Monday....but honestly...some ppl really offering some RIDICULOUS PRICES on STOCK USED PARTS!!! $10,000 for a pr of heads? REALLY?.....$6000 for a set of cams?

nah man....i think that is uncalled for and would not pay that for STOCK parts...if it was bolt on mods yes...

tell we who he is .. so we could stay far from him

[Monk BANzai]

nah nah..... respect the man for who he is....but even at the price of what I have to get the heads its a bit much. I am getting them pressure tested before i used them though.....have to make sure this all makes sense.

$6500 for Tomei cams Ragnarok?...see? and man charging me $6000 for stock cams.

[Civic 2nr]

ragnarok the legacy ej20x comes with avcs both on intake n exhaust cams and duration is different ie a exhaust cam cannot be used for an intake one etc.

[Monk BANzai]

^^ hmm serias? been hearing another story (not that i doubting you eh)....but cool....by the time im done here...im a walking/talking Legacy repository!!

[16 cycles]

^ it is a hard way to learn - learned the same way....but won't trade the experience or the ppl met along the way for anything....

owning these cars are an experience.....

[Monk BANzai]

right....all parts procured. engine clean up and rebuild started today...expectant engine start Thursday or Friday...

THANKS ALOT VYSHALL! you really pulled through buddie!!!

[VexXx Dogg]

good news at last, hope everything works out..

[Monk BANzai]

She starts!!......everythign went well.... had to use the Legacy Sump pan instead of the STI sump.

So details on what i decided to do. I used a GC8 STI block and mated my heads (journals machined and new cams) to it. Also going back up with the STI turbo and getting a down-pipe from Farley to ease the breathing.

I've zero'ed out the maps so im back to stock...but once everything is done i'll be driving out of boost for the first 1000 km and then change oil and see where we go from there.

As for tuning? I have two options im looking at, one being out of Barbados....but we'll see how that goes....

[Ragnarok]

Good going and congrats...hope you dont have to go through that hell again!!!!

[Monk BANzai]

hope so my self..but I've learnt ALOT about these engines mechanically...and as ive said...while it destroyed my pocket...the knowledge is priceless....

[MISHI]

Good to hear you back on the road again.

[Alpha_2nr]

one being out of Barbados

Edward? Cool guy, very knowledgable. He did the first set of tuning on my years ago.