The b16a is a fantastic little engine alright, had it in a few cars and it never ceased to entertain me and/or put a smile on my face everytime I went for a spin! Might start with that Haynes model first and see how I get on :D
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The b16a is a fantastic little engine alright, had it in a few cars and it never ceased to entertain me and/or put a smile on my face everytime I went for a spin! Might start with that Haynes model first and see how I get on :D
dear peterQuote:
Originally Posted by Peter-E36
rebuilding with an experienced person is enjoyable if it is cost effective IE rebuilding a rare engine or blueprinting an existing one for racing .
generally you would need a formidable reason to do it when a SH engine is the best solution.
you will need a magnetic dial gauge and stand and a straight edge the length of your block and head --not a ruler or a plank .
you will need plasticgauge and on review of this leave the bore measuring and block measurements to the machine shop and let them examine the bearings and shaft -- leave the shaft in the block as they will distort merly resting against the wall .
a book on engine blueprinting will have most of the ground covered as a book on rebuilding an engine is useless when you come across dodgy work done by a previous learner --you need to measure everything twice and pay close attention to existing wear on the engine and piston height and valve protrusion as many heads are skimmed without dropping the valves --check the radius on the shaft also as many are too lazy to change the grinding wheel when grinding off the grinding edge on the shaft--do not have a go on your own it is not fun . bugs
as " bugs " said ,rebuild should be in NEED of it .race ,rare or future high mileage engine i would call them .
For race - where U need to be sure engine will last without any headaches
Rare - when second hand engine cant be got and yours is fucked
Future high mileage - lets say diesel,if u know u gonna do lot of driving and u want to be sure in it same as in race cars engine ,u rebuild it ,as second hand one will be only temporary problem solver
Of course its few other small reasons . if your engine is running perfect ,cylinder compression test is perfect ,cylinder leakage test is fine ,not burning oil ,as i believe your M52 is ,whats the reason to spend money there? just to get it rebuild ?? but how much u gonna spend ? what u want to get from it ? how long u think u gonna have that car ?have u done even roughly estimate what it would cost? will it make sense in your cars price in the future ?
lets say Enda have done rebuild ,but it was few reasons i see there .its daily driver and does mileage on it .most of these engines are in so so condition with these days mileages and second hand one is only NO NO .
so just think twice and do estimates first ,and only if your engine NEEDS attention ,but at the end of the day its only your choice
I can only imagine the intent was to get a cheap engine and take it apart for both the curiosity and learning aspects?
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some people still get good wages if can do "engine rebuild" just for curiosity or learning aspects :surprised:Quote:
Originally Posted by Venom
and some of them do their last mileages on DD as unfinished projects
Thanks for the replies folks, much appreciated :)
As mentioned my engine is fine thankfully. I wanted to get a spare engine to play with basically just to learn more about cars! It seems I underestimated what would be involved though. Would love to do a project like that with someone who knows what they're doing.
Fair point too I guess. :) you should do a thread the next time you build one would be a good readQuote:
Originally Posted by Valdelisbmw
Haha, would be nice to have that kind of spare cash :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Valdelisbmw
How did you start taking engines apart/rebuilding them Valdas?
buy a cheap 1.4 civic.... then build a b16 and throw it in hahaha
not common these days :hehe!: never done full rebuild in Ireland ,just refresh ,one of them was E30 with M20B25 .Quote:
Originally Posted by Venom
had few ideas for my self ,but every time i think twice and every time i say why i need this . i have one of best engines in my car S50B32 ,if i need more power i can get it ,but its some money to do this ,and to do this properly ,if i cant do it properly whats the point to do ,and again if it will not be used in full power , as power without control is nothing !!its like never ending story :wink: