The Civic Project - Radek's Pages

D15B1 for D15B7 and D16A6 Engine Swap

Long time no see... Too bad as it was supposed to be my tool keep track of things. And things got out of control...
What is new?
Upholstery department: will be getting civic si pans hopefully soon from Mike (what an excellent trade idea that was), and if they bolt right in - I will put my crx seats in. Other option - hmmm, I bought a set of leather seats from saturn ion in an excellent shape, and super comfy. Of course pans and rails do not match so I will have to think about it... (Picture coming soon...)

Mechanics: Picked up this engine swap - that was supposed to be D16A6, but it turned out to be D15B7 block with D16A6 head. I am still trying to figure out how much power/efficiency I will get from this thing cause opinions are mixed. It might be close to 102hp just like stock D15B7. I wouldn't mind a few ponies more.
I have taken a bunch of pictures so I should probably glue them in here.

I also joined multiple blog sites, some better then the others, but definitely a great way to find answers to some questions and encouragement for the build.

Honda-Tech: http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread/2406761
D-Series: http://www.d-series.org/forums/showthread.php?t=98840

For future references:
http://www.d-series.org/forums/showthread.php?t=96578
CRANK,MAIN AND CONNECTING ROD BEARING SPECS:
CRANKSHAFT END PLAY: .004-.014IN (.10-,35MM) SERVICE LIMIT: .018IN (.46MM)
CRANK TOTAL RUNOUT: .001IN (.03MM) SERVICE LIMIT: .002IN (.05MM)
MAIN AND ROD OUT-OF-ROUND: .0001IN (.0025MM) SERVICE LIMIT: .0002IN (.0051MM)
MAIN AND ROD JOURNAL TAPER: .0001 (.0025MM) SERVICE LIMIT: .0002 (.0051MM)
ROD JOURNAL DIAMETER: 1.6526-1.6535 (41.976-42mm)
MAIN JOURMAL DIAMETER: 1.7707-1.7717 (44.976-45mm)
CONNETING RODS:
ENDPLAY: .006-.012 (.15-.30MM) SERVICE LIMIT: .016IN (.40MM)
LARGE END BORE DIAMETER: 1.77IN (45MM)
SMALL END BORE DIAMETER: .746-.747IN (18.96-18.98MM)
PIN TO ROD INTERFERENCE: .0006-.00016IN (.014-.040MM)
ROD BEARING TO JOURNAL OIL CLEARANCE: .0008-.0015 SERVICE LIMIT: .0020
MAIN BEARINGS TO JOURNAL OIL CLEARANCE:
JOURNALS 1&5: .0007-.0014
JOURNALS 2,3&4: .0009-.0017
SERVICE LIMIT FOR ALL JOURNALS: .002

Comments (0) Oct. 27, 2008 00:22

Finally some action! Civic upholstery.

It has been a while. I am slowly getting back into it, though. So, being a neatness freak (or OCD some might say) I decided tackle the interior. First item to address are the seats. I was bit tired of my butt sticking to the duct tape, did not enjoy the seat covers much and unwilling to pay tons of money for dream seats I went the reasonable way - junk yard and my own two hands. To my amazement, I came across not 1 but 2 crx si's (!!!). And that is at the place that is barely a block in size! Well, they both came with front seats, but only one passenger seat was rip free and with a solid bolster foam. Did not dwell on it too much just picked all four of them, and now I have donor foam, tracks, and fabric to play with.