Well, after having an engine sitting in my garage for a week, I finally got some free time to start getting my next b18b up to par to put in the civic for boost.
so far, i've got $25 in this engine... which went to gas and lunch to my wifes cousin for helping me get it to my house. free engine ftw!
today, I was in the garage smoking a cigarrette, and said what the hell. broke out the tools and went to town. got the engine up on the stand, and removed the head, and bagged the block for the time being. it's been raining alot here, and i don't want any more moisture getting to it than already has.
anyway, on to the pics, since that's what everyone wants to see :
got the head down in our basement so i can work where it's cool. will probably end up getting the block down here too after i make sure all the fluids are out of it.
engine was pretty dirty on the outside, inside of the head looks good though. the guy i got it from is a mechanic i believe, but it was turboed.
shot of the cams. can't decide between going with crower 402's, 404's or BC stage 2 cams . . . probably will go brian crower in the end just because they're a bit cheaper. but that's a ways off yet.
I HIGHLY advise taking these off prior to removing the head from the block. i fought with them for quite awhile tonight
not sure what this says about the condition of the engine. but it's not real pretty.
up close shot of the valves... any thoughts?
pretty much just got parts of the head sorted out tonight. going to remove the springs, valves, and retainers tomorrow. then will take the head to a machine shop to have some pretty-fiing done to it
probably will start working on the block in the next few days.