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Just read 15 pages,

great build cameron, awesome dedication!

any final numbers yet? any more trips round the block? loved reading your description of spool and coilovers after 2.5 years in a magna :blink: keep it up!

-Sean

Im thinking of getting this notch machined but seems ill have to take out about a 15mm notch height wise :down:

Do you not think this will weakin the piston though.

Im thinkin ill have to go down this route iv come so far want to complete it then i can show the full build

I hear alot about the 4agze piston fitments but know where can i find someone that has done the build just alot of hearsay

:blink:

Hmm 15mm is alot, I would be talking to a good engineer first.

You could always remove the squirters?

The only thing I know about using the 4agze piston is that they sit shy of the desk by 2 - 3 mm, does yours do this?

Just read 15 pages,

great build cameron, awesome dedication!

any final numbers yet? any more trips round the block? loved reading your description of spool and coilovers after 2.5 years in a magna :blink: keep it up!

-Sean

Nothing so far, Have a 2005 Honda Accord Euro now as I start a new job on Monday. I'll keep this thread updated :down:

  • 3 weeks later...

I've just read everything in this thread to-date & am following it with great anticipation! :) I'd really like to do this build at some stage as well and am really hoping it works out for you - kudos to you sir for taking-on this monumental build on!

I had a few questions if you don't mind?

- Are the specs of the pistons etc on the first page the current/updated ones?

- Was it any bother to fit the N1 oil pumps & water pumps from the RB26 or do they just bolt-up?

- Did you use the RB20 oil squirters for the pistons or the RB25 ones?*

*I'm not sure if there's any difference between the RB20 & 25 ones but I know there's a fundamental design difference between the RB25 & 26 piston cooling methods (spray-pattern on the RB25 pistons VS directional squirting with the RB26 with cooling channels in the pistons) so just wondering if the angle of spray dispersal or volume would be different for the RB20's naturally slimmer bores VS the 25's.

JP

JP,

The specs on the first page are the pistons I have in the engine currently.

As for the squirters they are the standard Rb20det items, The oil pump fitted up fine I changed the gears to some billet items, the only change to the water pump was to weld and redrill the e-longated hole on the water pump as it overhung the block water ways therefore leaks like a little b%$ch.

Thanks for your comments.

Cheers

Cameron

Hi,

By gears I mean I replaced the oil pump internals to billet items;

(1) To reduce the chances of them failing at 9000rpm

(2) They slightly increased the oil pressure without having issues of oil starvation

(3) I was a tight arse at the time and couldn't afford the nitto pump I wanted

Sorry I don't have any pictures of the oil pump internals.

So I was giving the engine a once over when I notised some oil on the timing belt which had been making it slip past the pullies taking the nice blue office the gates belt.

On investigation it appears that the oil pump seal is leaking around the crank.... I have decided to play it safe and pull the oil pump off while the engine and sump are still in the car.

Is this something difficult to do? I had a think about it and I am pretty sure I can pull it off without much effort while replacing the pump with a Nitto alternative.

Any advice will be gladly accepted.

Cheers

Cameron.

Why would I need to remove the sump? the oil pump should slide on and off I would have thought, thou it has been a while since I put the engine together.

lol I could but its leaking from the crank seal so wont help much.

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