so i rebuilt my engine.

i took out the f23 bottom end/f22a1 head engine out of my car. the engine had MASSIVE amounts of blowby. i suspected broken ringlands as the cause. that was definitely the problem. air was billowing out the catch-can filter like it was the exhaust pipe. two years at 350-420 whp, and around 300 Wtq on a stock engine will sometimes do that (along with suspected not-race-gas "race gas"-thanks Gas City)

i just put the same engine back in.

i did nothing to the block except hone it. the same main bearings are in it.

i reused the headgasket. for the 4th time.

i put a stock set of pistons/rings/rods in. they have 100k+ miles on them. i took them out of athiest's Moms old engines that supposedly knocked.

i reused those rings.

the head is the same. it was pretty cool.

the rod bearings got changed. that cost 34 dollars

i rebuilt my engine for 34 dollars (splurged for OEM bearings. HAHA)

and.....it seems great. CROSSES FINGERS 10s in a crappy civic here we come.

You're supposed to replace all that stuff when you pull the engine apart !!!! Oh and paint everything too.

I bet you didn't even rebuild the transmission and replace all of the hoses and mounts and wiring harness and repaint the engine bay too!

racinginc215 wrote: That's not a rebuild that's some half assed E36 M3 we use to do at the drag strip to make the final rounds.

i know.

i'm laffing at myself

I'm sure that busted off bits of ringland did the cylinder bores many favors.

A friend asked me to check his engine and I diagnosed a blown head gasket. As we pulled the valve cover he made a descision to just torque the head down. His torque specs were as tight as he could get them with a 2 foot breaker bar and an impact socket.

5 months and it still runs great! go figure!

Bruce

pres589 wrote: I'm sure that busted off bits of ringland did the cylinder bores many favors.

they look PERFECT. hard to believe (was missing a cylinder and everything). all the broken chunks were just sitting neatly where they should be

egnorant wrote: A friend asked me to check his engine and I diagnosed a blown head gasket. As we pulled the valve cover he made a descision to just torque the head down. His torque specs were as tight as he could get them with a 2 foot breaker bar and an impact socket. 5 months and it still runs great! go figure! Bruce

i've never heard of that actually working. SO MINT

redzcstandardhatch wrote:

pres589 wrote: I'm sure that busted off bits of ringland did the cylinder bores many favors.

they look PERFECT. hard to believe (was missing a cylinder and everything). all the broken chunks were just sitting neatly where they should be

Sometimes you get lucky like that.