Alright guys. I don't really share too much about my car too often, but I figured I'd document my car a little bit. Maybe get some insight along the way and share my experiences with fellow CRSXers. Well here's the background. I have been buying parts and looking forward to a build for a while now, just kept getting sidetracked with a lot of other things in life. We've all been there at one point. Anyway, about a month ago, after 2 years and 7 months of abuse, I spun a bearing in the loyal k20z1. My tough decision was to stay with the rev-happy 2.0l or step up to the beast, the k24. I have decided to go with the bigger motor in hopes that it will be able to handle more nitrous. Well my power goals are between 275-280whp on motor and around 500whp on spray. I have been doing a lot of research lately and I am confident now in what I know to purchase parts for my setup. Also I have started the process of gutting the car. It is no longer a daily driver for me and I am not too concerned with following a certain rulebook and being competetive at drag events. Everything that can be removed will be ditched. If I can get the car down to 2350lbs w/ me in it, I will be ecstatic. These are my goals. I don't see the problems with achieving them and I hope to have the car running by the end of June. any input would be awesome, opinions welcome. I'll update this as much as possible
So far parts ordered/received:
Kpro Bottom end
K24A4 block stock sleeves
Wiseco 13.7:1 88mm pistons
Brian Crower bRods
ERL sS2000 modified oil pump
ACL race bearings
Head
Brian Crower stg 3 cams
Brian Crower springs/steel retainers
Blueprint 0.5mm oversize valves
k24A1 head w/ prostreet+ port/polish (349cfm @.550")
Parts yet to be purchased:
Cometic 0.030" 88mm headgasket
ARP headstuds
OEM bearings
RRC manifold
Skunk2 70mm throttle body
Skunk2 exhaust cam gear
ASP aluminum exhaust
1000cc Bosch injectors
Walbro 255lph fuel pump
Parts yet to be decided on:
Header? not sure, would like suggestions
convert to a return line fuel system?
I am not too sure what kind of fuel system requirements will be needed to run the car on e85 and I am also not sure if a bigger fuel system will hurt the car when it is not on e85 (like injectors being too big). Suggestions here will be the most helpful. Thanks a lot guys
I finally got the chance to spend a few hours with the car since tomorrow is the 3 year mark of owning her I got to removing some weight from the dash for shits and giggles. Well here's some pics of the shell and what I took from the dash. Hopefully next week my rear springs will be in so I can get the car on the ground again. Enjoy.
The poor thing covered with bondo dust
Before
So cluttered
yikes
Much better
The final product minus the lexan inserts to cover up the gaping holes. Seeing the firewall through the dash is creepy
Just for the hell of it. My old LS-V coupe Shouldn't have sold it
I won't be able to work on the car till the end of next week. I have to buy some
more lexan for my sunroof plug and a few other things. I'm also still waiting for my head to be completed. Just some touching up of the ports is left and my machinist is waiting for an attachment for his sunnen machine to give a special touch to the exhaust ports. Should be this week or the middle of next. That's when the real progress can begin. As soon as I get a bit done you'll be one of the first to know haha.
I haven't weighed anything as I don't have a good scale or one that actually reads right. But I do have a bin of all the stuff I have removed so I will be weighing all that stuff when I'm finished. I feel bad doing it but just like anything I want mid/low 11s so I gotta do what I can now and go from there. I'd like to say Ive removed 300lbs from the car that's including seats/ps/ac/air bags/behind the dash/suspension and the list goes on. The real test will be when she goes to the track to see how annorexic she really is ha.
That's not bad at all. If icould get the car to 2400 with me in it I'd be ecstatic. That'd be enough weight to have be in the low 11s easy. Icant wait to weigh it at the track and see howclose I am
go to a truck stop if its drivable and they can weigh you too, but I am guessing this isnt a street car anymore. Since you are deleting all your ducts and stuff, why not make a sheet metal dash and then if your wanting to use stock gauges, make a bracket to support it.
I still want to be able to drive the car on the street when I want so a sheet metal dash may not be the best thing. Strangely enough I want the car to look as tame as possible. Plus the stock dash looks sexy ha. In all seriousness I play on the street a lot so if the car looks like a race car people assume it is a race car. Giving away that the car is stripped hardcore will not benefit me. All he windows ar tinted 20% so especially at night time you cannot see in he car. One thing I actually considered today was findin another set of doors to gut and put on when I go to the track. I'm not too sure about th accuracy of he cat scales for trucks. I went to one two yeastago with the rear sub and spare taken out and it said the car weighed 2900 which I don't believe. But by the end of July we will see for sure
I finally worked up the nerve earlier this week to order everything I needed to finish up the bottom end. I even convinced myself to pick up an ERL modified s2000 oil pump courtesy of CRSX. I got everything except the baffle plate and oil pan installed because I left the baffle plate at the garage. I am stil working with the shop doing my head in trying new things. We have been discussing even bigger valves and reworking the chamber, just not sure what exactly I want to do. Anyway here's a few pics. Enjoy!
wheres my money dood? you owe me 304 dollars, pretending to be some douche bag named ed bell. you guys both use the same email accounts and paypal accounts, same person. i want my money back.
yeah not cool, unless called for, but dont think it was called for, though nobody knows the story, and in this particular thread, we dont want to know the story. We want to know how the hell this build is going????? Hey juggin, you see my thread, shitty turnout on it, I havent even touched nitrous yet, trying to get NA numbers lined out first.
The build is going good. I got everything clayed and right now I am in the process of porting my k20 head myself since I am waiting for a few parts. With my piston setup and my stage 3 Brian Crowers I have adequate clearance (0.106) to run 30 degrees advance on the intake. Hopefully the cams aren't gonna want more advance because of the compression and all so we will see. I think I could run another 5 degrees if need be but I would rather not dip below 0.100" on the intake valves just in case.
I stopped at the shop porting my head and they have basic numbers for me. They just have to unshroud my valves, clean up the ports a little and polish my combustion chamber. Baseline was 274, then with a little porting we went to 315, and now with the valve job and almost all the porting done the head is at 348. I am absolutely ecstatic. The machinist is projecting 355-360 when all is said and done. It should be a rabid beast when it goes on the car this winter! For now its just a matter of cleaning up my ports on my k20 head and port matching to the intake manifold and such.
I have my seats coming in next week and I am waiting for a few little parts from Acura this week. The car should be starting next week and hopefully on the road by next weekend. It's about time.
Built RSX: I have been checking on your build regularly, I just havent really been posting much lately. I hear you on your numbers though. Its awesome you got it to make power up high, that gives me confidence I'll be able to make power towards the 9500 mark. I believe there is restriction somewhere. The manifold will open it up and I think a switch in camshafts is gonna open that thing up! I wish I still had my stage 2s I would send them your way. But one solution is always more nitrous haha.
Hmm, do you know the specs on the pistons versus the Wiseco 11.7:1 pistons with .230" over valve pockets? I wonder if your running the stage 3s like me, and if I have more valve relief or ability to run more cam advance than yours, I was thinking I could do 40* but was iffy.
If I'm not mistaken I believe we have the same pistons. With that said you should be able to run more advance than me because I believe the only difference is the deck height. I wouldn't say 40 is safe on your setup, but claying would definitely be in your best interest. If you could get a clearance spec at a certain advance I could tell you what it would be at my numbers up to 30 degrees. I don't know how to translate the specs into clearances. I'm sure you could try 35 I dunno about 40 but you'll find out at 9500rpm haha just kidding. If you can get me any clearance spec at a certain degree I can give you a good ball park
Yeah, I was thinking bout getting an exhaust gear and retarding my cam a few degrees and maxing at 35*, though at higher rpms prob max out bout 25-30*. If I do have any damage, I hope its only the valves, I have a backup set of them, though, haha, catastophic failure never goes the ideal way.
Yeah im in the same boat man!! Wanted to do a shot then changed my mind and now wanting to do a small turbo set-up but dont have 1500 to spend on a used kit. So dont think im going anywhere fast anytime soon lol
wow pretty sick im doing a similar setup ass u.JUST not ass much nitrious gonna start with a 100shot first.hoping at least 350 hp.retty much we running most of the same things.
People have ran 100 shots on stock rsx's all day long, havent they?? Just curious why you would build if that's all your going to spray, obviously for some extra reliability but is it worth building in the long run..
wow pretty sick im doing a similar setup ass u.JUST not ass much nitrious gonna start with a 100shot first.hoping at least 350 hp.retty much we running most of the same things.
That's awesome. I wish you luck and maybe you can learn from my setup and save some time and money haha. Well, any questions about your setup I can probably help.
Goodluck with the build! Cant wait to see finished product..Will be a bad ass car when your done!!
The motor should be going in the car this coming weekend and hopefully hit the dyno shortly after. I will be doing all of my tuning so we'll see what happens.
BuiltRSX: Did you ever get your car finished or you still working out some flaus??
Yeah, I was thinking bout getting an exhaust gear and retarding my cam a few degrees and maxing at 35*, though at higher rpms prob max out bout 25-30*. If I do have any damage, I hope its only the valves, I have a backup set of them, though, haha, catastophic failure never goes the ideal way.
You should have more than enough clearance on the exhaust side no problem since I had a 1/4" on my valves. I was planning to peak around 35 if need be so you should be good there. It'd be interesting to see if a little more compression would help you out. Another interesting thing would be to see if you used a stage 2 intake cam with the stage 3 exhaust and see if you can make more power on nitrous.
I have thought bout doing that combo, just for the hell of it.
Your using Wiseco pistons 13.3:1 with deep valve reliefs right? And you clayed and had .25" of clearance? Hmm, so I wonder how P2P clearances would be affected?
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