I’ve been busy with other interests and hobbies so I haven’t had to time work on my engine build this week. Tonight I went into my shop and decided to cleanup as it was muchly needed. There is nothing worse then trying to do a good job and you can’t cause your tools are unorganized or your tripping on engine parts. I cleaned up the shop and now I am ready for some more D16Z6 engine building.

My next step will be to disassemble the cylinder head and the intake manifold of all sensors. Then the block, head, rocker cover and the intake manifold will have to be degreased and dried out. This will have to be done in order to be ready for sand blasting this Friday.

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Nothing really new about the turbo build today, it’s been pretty quiet lately so I decided to do my oil change today. I went to Canadian Tire and picked up some Penzoil Full Synthetic and an oil filter and since I knew I was going to get a bit dirty anyways I also picked up some regular oil and oil filter for my moms van too. Both the oil changes went pretty smoothly except the oil filter on my moms van was a bit hard to take off so I had to find an oil filter wrench and use that. Once I used the wrench the rest of the oil change was a no brainer.

I’m at 219,500km on my Honda Civic so at about 225,000km will be my next scheduled oil change. I was down about 1 liter from my last oil change but that’s expected with such a high revving engine.

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Before I send out the block to the machine shop I need to order my pistons and connecting rods. Once I have the proper parts I can send the block and the parts to the machine shop and get everything fitted and the necessary parts machined.

Click Here for the link to my bottom end parts page on my site.

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These are my first images of my D16Z6 engine, and as you can see it looks very stock right now. There are a couple sensors that are broken and plugs that are bent, but all in all the engine looks to be in good shape. It did not come with a distributor or a crank pulley but for now I don’t need those. I still do have my old D15B7 engine so if needed I can use my crank pulley from that engine, as I believe it’s the same on the 1.5 and 1.6 liter. But I am not 100% sure so I will have to double check this first.

Here are some images of the black valve cover and the VTEC valve train.

Here are 2 more images of the front and back of the engine with the distributor and the crank pulley missing.

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My D16Z6 turbo build has officially begun as I picked up a D16Z6 engine from the wrecker today. I’m really excited to get this project underway as I’ve been wanting to add a turbo to my Honda Civic since the day I got it. I don’t have a picture yet but soon as I get a chance I will snap some shots and post them up on the blog. It’s a complete engine consisting of the block, head, intake and exhaust. I will have to dissemble it, send it out for machining, add some performance parts and then put it all back together.

Once the engine is done I can start focusing on acquiring the Hondata 300 ECU piggy back, GlowShift Gauges and Turbo kit. So stay tuned as this build should get exciting.

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The last 2 weeks I’ve been hearing a squealing and scuffing sound coming from my rear drum brakes so I was getting concerned. On the weekend it turned into a grind so I decided to park my 1993 Honda Civic till I figured out what it was. I was worried that I some how used up my rear brake shoes faster then normally possible. So today after work it wasn’t raining I decided to take a closer look.

I jacked up the car and pulled off the wheels and drums and inspected the brake shoe lining and the rest of the brake assembly. The brake shoe linings’ were in really good shape but I did notice that the bottom part of the shoes looked like they were scuffed up with something. I then checked the drum for any irregularities and smoothness on the inner braking surface but I did not find anything out of the ordinary. I was a bit confused for a second on what would of made these scuffing marks on the shoes, but then discovered this was caused by excess brake dust.

Because the rear brake assembly is basically closed off, there is very little place for the dust to go so it starts to attach it self to the brake assembly. It is trapped inside the drum and any brake dust that is loose and unattached ends up at the bottom of the drum in between the brake drum and the bottom part of the brake shoes. 

I guess what was happening was that the brake dust was getting in between the brake shoes and the drums and was basically acting like sand paper between the two. Since the shoes are weaker then the steel drums, they took the blunt of the damage and the scoring begun. So basically the scuffing and squealing I was hearing when applying my brakes was the sound of the brake dust scuffing up my brake shoes.

I took some brake cleaner and applied it generously to the complete brake assembly to clean of the brake dust. I also sprayed the inside of the brake drum and then wipped off any excess brake dust that was attached to the inside. I put the drums and wheels back on, took the car for a long ride and my squealing and scuffing noise was gone. I will have to remember that in 6 months I should do the same process and clean off any excess brake dust that is inside the rear brake assembly.

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Launching this site over a 1.5 years ago there was two main things I wanted to focus on. One was the installation of a VTEC engine into my 1993 Honda Civic and the other was the installation of a turbo. Now I’ve done a write up of the engine swap that I did last winter but I’ve been lacking on solid turbo support from my own experience. On this blog I have posted a few turbo installations done by other Honda Civic enthusiasts but now it’s my turn to show what I can do. I will be honest, I have never owned or installed a turbo into a Honda Civic but I sure intend too this spring.

My intention is to have a built up D16Z6 engine with a turbo installed in my Honda Civic by late Spring or early Summer 2009. My goal for horse power is around 250 to 300HP with a properly built block and good tuning. This is not an impossible goal to reach as a lot of other Honda Civic enthusiasts have reached far more then 500HP and beyond. This is going to be a good learning experience as I have never done any internal engine modifications to add horse power in the past. I will try to post as many images and write as much information as I can, so anyone that might be thinking of adding turbo to their Honda Civic, have the necessary information that might be need. 

In the following months please stay tuned to this site as I will start the building of the block and then  continue to the turbo installation. You can also subscribe to my RSS Feed to get the most up to date information daily.

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I was reading some posts on D-Series forums tonight and found this post about a guy who wondering what paint scheme he should use on his Honda Civic Hatch. This was the same question I had last summer and never came up with an answer, but looking at these images makes it easier to figure it out. Click Here for his forum post.

Out of all his ideas I found these three schemes to be the most interesting and possibly one that will be my future paint job.

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