EcoBoost Short Block

[razorlab]

I forgot they where fold downs...brain lapse... that would for sure make them heavier. Still interested to see what they really are.

 

[rodmoe]

Mine has little levers you slide where that one in the vid looked like he just yanked it up I did that the first time and the plastic was not happy.. where he slides his fingers in there is a lever that you move one way or the other i forget at the moment which side is which way then it lifts up and you need to unhook the rear of the seat from the car and lift out.. I think it is a 25 or a 30 torx tip maybe 35 to remove the center seat beat and I take the rear seat center post out too but replace the screws so I know where they are and they help keep road dust and debris out of the cabin got it down to a 5 minute job now

 

[rodmoe]

I forgot they where fold downs...brain lapse... that would for sure make them heavier. Still interested to see what they really are.

I got time today I'll do mine later this morning and post them up in a new on topic thread about short seats not short blocks LOL

here is the seat stuff LINKY

 

[TheStig]

Pretty sure on the honda D16 motors they preferred "studding" the block. They would drill into the side of the block and tap it with threads. Then run a stud thru the block until it hit the cylinder. Then they would cut the left over piece off stud off and epoxy over it. This way, when the cylinder tried to distort side to side ( or front of the car to back of the car ), the studs would help support it.

At the sametime, the "block girdles" that open deck D16 motors have avaliable needed to be installed by a machine shop. Often during install, the girdle would distort the cylinder when it was pressed in. And on top of that... The reduced cooling ( due to this big piece of alum in your water jacket that wasn't supposed to be there ) sometimes caused motors to run warmer than than they had before.

But that's what I remember from my D16 years on "home made turbo .com" like 13 years ago, lol.

I never had a set of rods/pistons that could push the stock sleeves in my D16. It was a $200 long block, why bother? Lol.

Being in Phoenix and knowing alot of the people who operate and have cars done in "Vtec alley" from several notorious builders/tuners, I can confidently say that you can daily drive a fully built D16 pushing upwards of 500HP on E85 all day long with ease. Even in our 120 degree summers, the engines never get to a temperature that would be deemed hazardous.

Its one reason i will ALWAYS love honda's, taking a 95hp 1.6 liter motor, and 8k later (more or less) being able to make 500+HP. This is the truth with nearly ALL of the pre-2000 Honda Motors, most D-series, B series, F series, and even the newer K series. They all absolutely LOVE boost.

Anyways off topic. Here is a potato.