I’ve been busy with other interests and hobbies so I haven’t had to time work on my engine build this week. Tonight I went into my shop and decided to cleanup as it was muchly needed. There is nothing worse then trying to do a good job and you can’t cause your tools are unorganized or your tripping on engine parts. I cleaned up the shop and now I am ready for some more D16Z6 engine building.

My next step will be to disassemble the cylinder head and the intake manifold of all sensors. Then the block, head, rocker cover and the intake manifold will have to be degreased and dried out. This will have to be done in order to be ready for sand blasting this Friday.

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Nothing really new about the turbo build today, it’s been pretty quiet lately so I decided to do my oil change today. I went to Canadian Tire and picked up some Penzoil Full Synthetic and an oil filter and since I knew I was going to get a bit dirty anyways I also picked up some regular oil and oil filter for my moms van too. Both the oil changes went pretty smoothly except the oil filter on my moms van was a bit hard to take off so I had to find an oil filter wrench and use that. Once I used the wrench the rest of the oil change was a no brainer.

I’m at 219,500km on my Honda Civic so at about 225,000km will be my next scheduled oil change. I was down about 1 liter from my last oil change but that’s expected with such a high revving engine.

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Before I send out the block to the machine shop I need to order my pistons and connecting rods. Once I have the proper parts I can send the block and the parts to the machine shop and get everything fitted and the necessary parts machined.

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I was busy with some other things the last few days so I didn’t have time to work on my engine but yesterday after work I decided to go at it. I called my friend Tracey to come over and help me label my parts bags and help me disassemble the motor. I first took of the exhaust manifold and then followed by the intake manifold. Once those were off the engine was easier to maneuver on the engine stand.

I then unbolted the cylinder head and placed it in a plastic tub to drain any oil that was still in it. Once the cylinder head was off it really started rolling then. We unbolted all the external brackets and accessories of the block and drained the oil. Once the oil was drained I flipped the engine over and started to pull the oil pan bolts off with Tracey’s help. After that Tracey pulled off the water pump and the front engine mounting bracket and I pulled off the oil pump and the rear seal bracket.

I then started to loosen the main cap bolts using the cross pattern. I only loosened them up a little at a time and once I got to the last one, I went back to the first bolt and loosened it a little more. I repeated the process till the bolts were loose and then removed them. I tapped the main cap lighty with a piece of wood  on each side to loosen it up and then pulled it off and set it on the side.

The last part was taking out the pistons and connecting rods. I loosened up the connecting rod bolts and pulled the end caps off one at a time. I then cut 2 pieces of old rubber fuel line and pushed them onto the connecting rod bolts so when the pistons were removed through the bottom the cylinders were not scratched.

As you can see in the images of the cylinder walls below, they still have a descent cross hatch pattern. They have no sign of any rig on the top part of the cylinder, so thats a good sign.

The tear down was a success and now the next step will be the machine shop and figuring out what I need to order for connecting rods and piston sizes.

My D16Z6 block is now disassembled and ready for the machine shop.

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These are my first images of my D16Z6 engine, and as you can see it looks very stock right now. There are a couple sensors that are broken and plugs that are bent, but all in all the engine looks to be in good shape. It did not come with a distributor or a crank pulley but for now I don’t need those. I still do have my old D15B7 engine so if needed I can use my crank pulley from that engine, as I believe it’s the same on the 1.5 and 1.6 liter. But I am not 100% sure so I will have to double check this first.

Here are some images of the black valve cover and the VTEC valve train.

Here are 2 more images of the front and back of the engine with the distributor and the crank pulley missing.

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My D16Z6 turbo build has officially begun as I picked up a D16Z6 engine from the wrecker today. I’m really excited to get this project underway as I’ve been wanting to add a turbo to my Honda Civic since the day I got it. I don’t have a picture yet but soon as I get a chance I will snap some shots and post them up on the blog. It’s a complete engine consisting of the block, head, intake and exhaust. I will have to dissemble it, send it out for machining, add some performance parts and then put it all back together.

Once the engine is done I can start focusing on acquiring the Hondata 300 ECU piggy back, GlowShift Gauges and Turbo kit. So stay tuned as this build should get exciting.

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