"building" an engine
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"building" an engine
I'm going to be purchasing a B16 engine in the near future and I wonder what people mean when they talk about "building" up an engine. What exactly can you do besides change out some of the internals like the cams and valve springs? What does it mean to re-sleeve the cylinders and how is it done? What could be done to the B16 to bring up its torque output?
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A "built" engine is normally one that has just had the compression ratio, or displacement increased, along with making it more efficient or reliable for high RPMs or boost. There are other little things that can be done, but that's the very basic jist of it.
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A "built" motor is one where the large majority of the internal parts have been replaced or upgraded. Pistons, rods, head porting, are a couple things.
Resleeving the cylinders is essentially replacing them. The block is made of aluminum and the cylinders are "sleeves" for the pistons to move in, made out of iron. Resleeving the block means installing new cylinders.
Resleeving the cylinders is essentially replacing them. The block is made of aluminum and the cylinders are "sleeves" for the pistons to move in, made out of iron. Resleeving the block means installing new cylinders.
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well if that is the case, then what about the QR25 engine from Nissan (for those of you who don't know it's the engine in the Sentra SE-R)? That engine puts out a lot of torque and a lot of hp for a 4 cylinder engine. what exactly is done what you "port out" the head?
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what exactly is done what you "port out" the head?
what exactly is done what you "port out" the head?
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"port out"
"port out"
On import heads, it is more of a portmatching and polishing process.
P&P cliffs notes:
They match the ports to the gasket size, but do not remove excess material. Next they remove any casting flaws or flash, and polish the surface relatively smooth (not a mirror polish, some roughness is good.)
Next they just clean up all the angles inside the port, do a valve job (3 angle, 5 angle, radius, whatever), and polish out the combustion chambers.
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so when you resleeve the cylinders, what is a good material to use and where can you get new sleeves? what other internals can be changed out other than valve springs, cams, sleeves, pistons, and shafts?
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Originally posted by livelyjay
so when you resleeve the cylinders, what is a good material to use and where can you get new sleeves? what other internals can be changed out other than valve springs, cams, sleeves, pistons, and shafts?
so when you resleeve the cylinders, what is a good material to use and where can you get new sleeves? what other internals can be changed out other than valve springs, cams, sleeves, pistons, and shafts?
As far as what other materials can be changed out. You can change cranks, rods, basically anything that bolts into or on an engine can be changed if you really want to. Although sometimes there's no direct part to replace it, in which case you'd be looking at custom stuff [$$].