I was busy with some other things the last few days so I didn’t have time to work on my engine but yesterday after work I decided to go at it. I called my friend Tracey to come over and help me label my parts bags and help me disassemble the motor. I first took of the exhaust manifold and then followed by the intake manifold. Once those were off the engine was easier to maneuver on the engine stand.

I then unbolted the cylinder head and placed it in a plastic tub to drain any oil that was still in it. Once the cylinder head was off it really started rolling then. We unbolted all the external brackets and accessories of the block and drained the oil. Once the oil was drained I flipped the engine over and started to pull the oil pan bolts off with Tracey’s help. After that Tracey pulled off the water pump and the front engine mounting bracket and I pulled off the oil pump and the rear seal bracket.

I then started to loosen the main cap bolts using the cross pattern. I only loosened them up a little at a time and once I got to the last one, I went back to the first bolt and loosened it a little more. I repeated the process till the bolts were loose and then removed them. I tapped the main cap lighty with a piece of wood  on each side to loosen it up and then pulled it off and set it on the side.

The last part was taking out the pistons and connecting rods. I loosened up the connecting rod bolts and pulled the end caps off one at a time. I then cut 2 pieces of old rubber fuel line and pushed them onto the connecting rod bolts so when the pistons were removed through the bottom the cylinders were not scratched.

As you can see in the images of the cylinder walls below, they still have a descent cross hatch pattern. They have no sign of any rig on the top part of the cylinder, so thats a good sign.

The tear down was a success and now the next step will be the machine shop and figuring out what I need to order for connecting rods and piston sizes.

My D16Z6 block is now disassembled and ready for the machine shop.

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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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I finally got my new blog theme setup, and I gotta say I like it. I still have some work to do on my categories and pages but as you can see it looks a lot better now, so come back soon for more great content. The new theme is from www.one-theme.com

One-Theme is a great buy as you can totally customize your blog in so many ways it’s like buying 50 themes in one. I would recommend it to anyone.

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Yesterday I signed up for a Honda Website directory that seems to be a great idea, It’s called The Best of Honda Sites. So far only 2 sites are registered but I believe that soon as other Honda enthusiast sites hear about this great directory it will become a hit.

Click on the icon to check it out.

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I have picked the winners for my 1993 Honda Civic Blog Contest Giving away, but would first like to thank everyone that participated in this contest for all the Comments, Favs, Blog Posts, and Stumbles.

1st Prize Winner is Contest for Bloggers 5000 Entrecard Credits

2nd Prize Winner is Sherry 2000 Entrecard Credits

3rd Prize Winner is Giveaway City 500 Entrecard Credits

Payout of credits will be as in the payout schedule in the contest rules. I will try to get a hold of Entrecard and hopefully get them to help me do a full payout to everyone but if that doesn’t work then please be patient.

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1993 Honda Civic Contest Update to all Participants *** PLEASE READ ***

Due to the New Rules Set Forward Today By Entrecard.com the payment to all winners will be paid out in full but will take longer.

Entrecard has limited a maximum transfer of 1000 credits per week so the payment process will take longer.

(Credit transfer limits: Members are allowed to make a maximum of 14 credit transfers a week, up to a maximum of 1,000 credits, whichever comes first. This means you can still run contests where you give credits away for free, and under 1k per week.)

Here is the payout schedule

1st Prize winner 5000 Credits Total Prize

1000 Credits Paid Week 1
1000 Credits Paid Week 4
1000 Credits Paid Week 6
1000 Credits Paid Week 7
1000 Credits Paid Week 8

2nd Prize Winner 2000 Credits Total Prize

1000 Credits Paid Week 2
1000 Credits Paid Week 5

3rd Prize Winner 500 Credits Total Prize

500 Credits Paid Week 3

The reason for this payment schedule is so everyone receives some sort of payment in 3 weeks, and there after the remaining payout is distributed between 1st prize and 2nd prize winners. Now since I have to sift through all the winner comments, diggs and other ways they submitted tickets the winners will be named by the weekend of October 5 or sooner depending how fast I can tally up the tickets and pick out the 3 winners.

Good Luck to everyone that has participated in this contest.

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Welcome to the September 6, 2008 Blog Carnival edition of Cars - Perfomance, Style and Auto Stereo at 1993 Honda Civic Blog.

Sarah Scrafford presents Online University Lowdown: 50 Simple Driving Techniques that Will Increase Your Gas Mileage posted at Online University Lowdown.

Steve Faber presents The Best 3 Car Modifications to Increase Fuel Mileage posted at super gas saver, saying, “Amazingly enough, the 3 best mods for better gas mileage are also 3 of the best for more power too.”

NAOMI presents Britain Set to Become Electric Car Capital of Europe posted at Diary From England, saying, “Good luck with your carnival.”

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of cars - perfomance, style and auto stereo using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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