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Ahh so when the old one gets loose its because of the crimp fatiguing over time and essentially un-crimping itself which is why new ball studs cannot be installed?

 

Thanks mate

Looks good! What combo of rotor/caliper is that?

I use the intermediate shaft and both axles are the same length.

I did find an article online about needing to use the original civic mount for the timing cover side of the engine. So I will swap that over and see if it makes a difference in the coming days.

I would recommend cutting the double spline in half on the lower arm end so you remove all restraints on the system and you can put the bars in however you like (hope that makes sense)

So now for the rebuild:

 

I had pulled both of the engines apart that were removed in the last pictures and sadly the block of the other integra was in need of a re-bore too. So I was left with no choice but to head to the machine shop and see what the best path forward was.

Ended up having the original block bored out 0.040 and it was just enough to get rid of the damage.

Parts used include:

The crankshaft out of the recently acquired integra

The conrods from the D16A8 out of the CRX

The head and valvetrain out of the CRX

The gearbox out of the recent integra.

The head was re-furbished. I Used the CRX head and valvetrain as it has the PM7 cams (same as the ZC from what I read) and just generally looked in good knick.

All of the above was decided by lining up the three lots of parts and just choosing which ones looked the best.

The pistons were new P29 high comp pistons - From calculators I have used I should be running about 10.7:1 compression now.

 

Ok here are some pics:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plenty more to come so stay tuned!