GhostWKD

Whatever you do, dont take it to Jap Auto Parts in bham - ongoing legal action with them at the moment

Probably irrelevant but better to warn 100 people who arn't going there, than to let 1 person go there

Although if you're looking at new cranks from honda etc, at that point a second hand engine is going to be much much cheaper

s2konroids

I cant help think it would be cheaper, require less time and be more robust than rebuilding the engine, as I've said before a lad on here who i knew 'RISLAR' brother (who is good with engines) tried to rebuild one including re-honing and wasn't successfully for several reasons including the FRM liners

Best of luck though, i cant blame you for having a go good on you, and i guess it will be a good learning exercise too.

Nick Graves

That tends to be my rationale too.

rob2.2

option 1.
prices quotes from my local Honda Stealer

Crankshaft £1055.28 +vat
Mains £18.87 +vat each
shells £19.79 +vat each
oil pump £272.53 +vat
total inc vat £1970.09

labour by someone else to remove engine, strip, investigate, rebuild and re-installabout £800 quoted

total £ 2770.09

option 2.
crank from andy at garage-r thant needa a grind £150
local highly recommended engine machine shop to re-grind and tough ride treatment £250 +vat
acl bearing mains and shells £180 inc vat delivered
oil pump £ 272 +vat
labour to remove engine, strip, investigate, rebuild and re-installabout £800 quoted

total £ 1741 roughly

option 3
get a short block or second hand engine £2000 if i can find an import spec engine
labour to remove and refit engine £400

total £2400

which option do i go for?

lovegroova

You don't need an "import spec" engine AFAIK. I assume you mean a JDM engine?

There are a few examples of JDM cars now fitted with UK engines.

gbduo

I would say its obvious to do option 3! Buy a running engine, you don't know why the engine spun its bearing and it could do it again. Buy a decent low mileage running engine and be done with it.

I still think your noise is coming from the head and you have a dodgy cylinder head personally and I would be taking the head off first. But if you are convinced it is a spun bearing! You don't want to rebuild the engine to find that a valve has dropped down a little and the piston is hitting it making the noise.

From the video you posted before, the noise I think is too rhythmical to be a spun bearing.

Meh.

richmc

Option 4:- find out how much Rob at Garage R will charge to get your S on the road, he is an honest dude who knows his Hondas, and won't rip you off.

Rob@ReidyRacing

Hang on a minute. The compression of the JDM engine is higher is it not? So if this is the case then the JDM ecu will not be ideal to run on a second hand UK engine.

I assume you meant you were going to locate a UK engine as JDM ones will be much harder to find.

How quickly do you need this done?

rob2.2

no i would be looking to fit another jdm engine i wont fit a uk engine to the car,

i want the car running and run in by april for a trip to the nourburgring so got a few months to save for bits, try to locate a jdm engine or scrap the whole idea.

andy said he would look into a price but would involve fitting a new crank from honda and then including labour and all the other bits it costs to much,

lovegroova

pm dembo, he has a jdm car that is now fitted with a uk engine.

His definitely runs ok.