my b16a sirII is hurting

[RST531]

ok currently my jdm engine (B16a 2nd gen) started make this loud clank sound but to me its sounds like its coming from the head, my last b16 engine broke the same way but it was the rods bearing that Fd up, so i think its a valve or something in the head. My question is would it be costly to have the head repair or get a new one? would it have damaged the block and pistons? OR should i dump the whole engine and get a b18a/b block? I would like to go turbo in the future and would getting a b18a/b be best and more reliable than fixing the b16? Also would my lsd tranny with act clutch kit and dc header fit on the b18a/b?

sorry for all the questions but i want to get my car moving again. and currently the money is slim in my pocket (after buying my dc header and new bumper with lip kit).

Or anyone have another direction i should go with the car that i didnt mention?

 

[doug piston]

the b18 has a taller deck height and the header probably will not fit over the oil pan. the trany and clutch should work just fine. if you want to do the b18 than do the b18. you'll just regret it if you don't

 

[RST531]

if you want to do the b18 than do the b18. you'll just regret it if you don't

can you clarify this?

 

[doug piston]

dont spend the to fix something you want to replace anyways. dont shoot yourself twice. if your are planning on a b18 now would be the time to do it.

 

[RST531]

i think i am but would a b18 turbo be easier to maintain than a b16a vtec turbo?

 

[doug piston]

nothing turbo is easy to maintain. hours and hours of fine tuning. a b18b would more reliable do to the fact that lower compression handles boost better. but a high compression motor will run just as hard with less boost. just depends on what you want to do. they both take considerable time to get running just right

 

[Ravage70]

first of all u are obviously not a mechanic and really dont know why ur engine is f**ked
bring ur car to a good honda mechanic or the dealer and find out whats wrong because honda heads have very few things that can go wrong with them

 

[RST531]

ya nutin was wrong with it. it was the same problem as before bad rod bearings.

 

[PoWeReD bYhOnDa]

umm is your head tapping/knocking?....... if you kno what that is lol

 

[RST531]

umm is your head tapping/knocking?....... if you kno what that is lol

yaya hahaha funny funny, just didnt have the same sound as when the rod bearing broke on my crankshaft, maybe it wasnt as bad as a break as before. oh well time for engine #4

 

[PoWeReD bYhOnDa]

humm engine #4 holly s**t kid lol...... man lol what you be doing to your engine???? lol

 

[importlegions]

haha, i bet he drives them to hard, or uses a generic oil brand.

 

[importlegions]

does the eh2 in ur sig (if its a real car) have traction problems? in my new mag theres a 455 turbo civic but the writers didnt like it, well they also burnt up the turbo, but they said it wasnt realistic for driving on the road.

 

[RST531]

ya i probly do drive it to hard. And i use all honda oil and filters that i take to the shop which did the swap. if i do drive to hard for the engine what would be best to do in that case cause i will keep driving it hard even if i go though 20 more engines. should i get a new block and rebuild it? i found a new block to use b16a2 is usdm but i think it would be fine and have no problems puting the head on it, but i am not a machanic so if you guys know anything i that could help me out that would be great.

 

[PoWeReD bYhOnDa]

i dont have traction problems with my hatch... only time i get bad traction is when it rains sometimes when i shift it will stay in spot spinning tires for like 20-45 seconds but thats only when it rains.... plus i got LSD which helps alot, what mag was it???

 

[importlegions]

it was sport compact i think, it had a k20 pwered 6th gen hatch, turbo'd but i forget what the setup was.

 

[PoWeReD bYhOnDa]

sport compact.. trueeee they probally just had bad track conditions or something or shitty ass tires...but yea i dont got traction problems.... except sometimes at the lights if i let my clutch out to fast i will spin a little lol

 

[Cod Man]

yeah i'm getting my d16 completly rebiult w/a 40 over bore but mine started making a loud clanking sound, turns out it was my left cylinder. also i found out the guy that had it before me ran it EXTREMELY hot!!! it scored the cylinder walls messed up the pistons, my bearings were shot, my crankshaft was just totally messed up, one of my rods broke!!!! he said he doesn't even know how it was running and he said i was prob. running at like 60 hp lol should be getting it back this weekend its costing about 1600 bucks and it all started with a little clank good luck dude

 

[importlegions]

dude for 1600 u could get a b16??

 

[Cod Man]

the cheapest b16 i could find was like 2200 w/o labor