Escort Build Up!!!!

[mx-3_4evr]

Now you are in the 1.9L club

[smoke187]

is it worth going .40 over on the pistons?

[vabreaker20011]

Yep 1.9L upgrade

the wiseco pistons are 84mm and i got them for 150.00 so i just went for it lol i have two blocks left if it dosent work out.

Got some more work done on it today.......... put the gt engine harness in and painted some things "lime green" lol ill post some pic's up in a min.

[vabreaker20011]

UPDATE 3-29-09

Today i got my evo bumper mounted with the e36 headlights. i love the look of it! Also took some pic's of the late model gt side skirts i pick up from a member on FEOA.Net and some pic's of the civic rad im going to be using. its a stock unit but if it dosent work i will upgrade it and stick this one in the 323. I also painted some things under the hood and swap'd in the gt engine wiring harness. Here are the pic's

[vabreaker20011]

UPDATE 4-4-09

Got the block together!

Here is a lil write up of how i did it.

I started out with a fresh bp block. I got it bored .40 over witch turned the 1.8 into a 1.9.

First i placed the arp main studs into the block only hand tight at this time. Make sure u use the molly lube that came with them.



Next I clean all mains with brake clean and a lint free rag to remove oils left over from machining. Now install the main bearings. Make sure you place the bearings in right. There is a grove that lines them up. Do not apply any lube to the bearings at this time.



Now i took a small peice of green plasti-gauge and lay a peice on each main bearing. Now Install the crank CARFULLY onto the bearings.




Now i installed the bearings into the main caps and install. Be aware that the main caps must go back on the way they came off. Now i torqued all mains down in 20lbs incriments to a spec of 60lbs. For you all that are using stock bolts 40-43 lbs is what u should torque them too. The caps must be tourqe in this order #3,2,4,1,5. DO NOT spin the crackshaft. I then removed all main caps in the oppisite order as i tighten them down. Once all caps are removed you will see the plasti-gauge has widend. Using the cover of the plasti-gauge measure the width of the plastic. Make sure to use the inch side of the ruler! When measured you should have a reading of .0015. If its outta spec's u need to buy th right bearings.




Now that u checked the bearings u can lube them up and put it back together the way u did the first time. Before installing #4 main cap you will need to install the thrust washers. They stop the side to side movement in your crank.



Once its all torque down, its now time to check the ring gaps. Make sure u keep all pistons and rings together and mark them to a certain cylinder. I installed the rings with the marked side up. Using the pistion turn it upside down and push the ring into the bore.



Once I installed the ring into bore i used a feeler gauges to measure the end gaps. Since i am running a boosted engine my gaps need to be larger. normally .024-.028 top ring and .025-.029 second ring. To find out what you'll need you take .006xyour bore diameter. To find second ring take .0063xbore diameter.

Here is just a pic of the sides of my gtr pistons i was tryin to figure out what side went where?????



Once i got my rings gap'd to what i needed i mounted my pistons to the gtr rods. I then placed the rings onto the pistons. Be sure to put ur ring gaps in the right place. I then used a piston ring compressor to slide the pistons in the block. Make sure u use a lil oil on the cyl walls to help slide them in. Once all the rods are in the block u need to use the plactic gauge to check the rod bearings. The rod bearings are just like the main on the way the slide on.



If everything checks out with the plastic gauge u can now lube up the rod bearings and put them on. I cant remember what i torqued them down to now. Sorry!



AND This is what i ended up with. Next up is how i mounted the head to the block!!!

[vabreaker20011]

I forgot to add dont forget the oil squirters!!!!!

[Turpro]

Lookin good so far. Can't wait till I get a block next yr to build

[vabreaker20011]

thanks!! this was my first build so i was alil scared but now that i have done it it was not that bad but we will see how it goes when its all done.

i just found out one of my boyz has a job at a tranny shop now so im going to be rebuilding and adding the lsd soon!

but ill post pic's of that when it happens

[cis2711]

Nice write up CJ. I'm keeping the engine I wanted someone to pick up for free and I'm disassembling it soon. I'll be building it far down the road though. Should prove to be an interesting build with full write up and TONS of pics. I'm eager to see the end result of your build in person.

[vabreaker20011]

yea i cant wait till its done!!!!

but ill let you know what my boy charges to rebuild my tranny cause i know u have one laying around.

im just trying to find a place that cryo treats around our way.

[erwinz]

subscribed.. looking forward when this is finish.. please don't forget to make a write up for the MS installation and tuning.. :D

[vabreaker20011]

yea ill do my best on that! The MS is all new to me still so im in the learning process

[mx-3_4evr]

I'm making a how to pretty soon here too!

[vabreaker20011]

what u making the HOW TO on?

[jturbo323]

nice work so far on the engine build also do you plan on building up the head as you have done the block i didnt when i rebuilt my bp for boost just my block as like you are doing now.