I remember watching V&M racing doing all this in the mid 80s (motor bike tuners) without all the modern bells and whistles of today. They started in a shed and ended up blue printing Honda uk's race bike engines, good engineers shin through. Nice video lads
Lee, the new work area is absolutely smashing. I very much like the choice of colour for the cabinets and benches. It should resist dirty hand and finger marks which as you know touching even the cleanest metal puts a metallic grime on your hands.
Lee while you are going as you say “more professional “. What about introducing job cards (we use to call them route cards so as you complete each stage of what you are doing, you or another initial the completion of each op. Yes lay out the job card in operations. Also introduce a material list with each job.
Wow! Mate. Just WOW ! Way back last century in the 90's I worked with a precision engineers as a delivery driver. Your new set up reminded me of a delivery I made of manufactured components to Tom Williams Racing, who were the big boys at the time. Expecting to walk into your average dirty grimy auto concern. I walked into an environment like a hospital operating theatre. In short just how you're set up now. Just so love when you pull the draw out and we I saw the components precisely laid out in a pristine condition. Please keep education me in the esoteric art of engine building. Wishing the best for 24 and make sure to do some live broadcasts when you have your weekend away. It'd be great to join the party.
Hey Lee! yeah I looked back and you could see the piece of broken ring....the sharp eyed people should have spotted that lol. I'm new here but great channel mate.
Hi, it's a Honda B18z6 engine, we just finished to build one -> be really carefull with bore distortion (torque plate), and with main bearing clearance, and the main journal was absolutely not straight :( ARP fasteners just did it worst... yeh, it's not a cast iron :D
I rebuilt my Alfa 75's 3.0 V6. Crank was perfect so I ordered a "standard" bearing set. I assembled the bottom end and found the crank was locked solid once torqued. I found out through the club that Alfa color-coded the cranks mine was marked red, so I rang up a dealer and gave them the VIN and crank color mark, and once installed I could almost breathe on the flywheel and turn it. The "standard" bearings mic'd out to a couple thou smaller than the journals. Lesson learned there. Considering that Honda engine has a color-coded crank, it seems reasonable that the previous builder messed up like I did.
Looks brilliant evan colour coordinated track suit aswell. You need some Barum Engine decals on the upper cabinets. Always good to ear a business doing well.
Mate love your videos The new shop looks great and looks very smart and professional I am looking forward to sending my engine to you when it comes time do it now my note on your video k20 engine chain driven and never a 1.8 could be a b18 or a r18 k20 are 2.0 or k24 2.4 sorry but that one has a belt so i assume its the b18
The Honda engine is a B series engine. From experience, the oil pump is driven off the front of the crank shaft. Running an after market front pulley and its not balanced, it will break the oil pump. it happened to us after we did a cam belt replacement.
I haven't been involved in running a B series engine for quite a few years, so I can't remember what we did for baffles in the sump. We been running K series for quite awhile and the first thing we did was to make copies of the Mugan baffles
The Mugen N1 solid crank pulley is a prime example of what NOT to use 😂 Get an ATi on it and call it a day. Baffle wise, Morosso do a nice sheet metal sump with a nice trap door set up in it. K series baffles you want to use a K20 PRB alloy sump with Clockwise Motion trap doors
I would be nervous about using those factory original pistons. Customer dime so his choice. That slot does prevent heat from getting to the skirt, but tends to weaken the piston.
Excuse my ignorance but I picked up on one of your videos that the engine block of a cosworth was basically a pinto engine, can you explain that a bit further?
People who say it was pointless really don’t get it. I used to do supplier quality audits on engineering companies when I worked for Honda. You could tell the difference between them by how tidy the whole building was. Let alone the workshop. So no it was well worth doing
Interesting, how do you get around issues (if they occur) when you haven’t built the whole engine? We refuse the build “bits” it’s all or nothing to save the “yeah but you must have put the head on wrong as MY bottom end was mint”
I'd be interested to know the diet program you are on. Could loose a few winter pounds myself even if they keep me a tad warmer in this Canadian winter.
Thats quite funny but having worked with a guy who became a gym and protein addict he confessed that his cock essentially became the size of a thimble.Luckily he had a good sense of humour about it.
Love watching the channel I see you have been doing some v8 engines and I know it’s abit cheeky To ask but I have too I have a small block Chevy engine for drag racing I have bought a new camshaft for it and wanted to know how would I check the push rod lengths to make sure the ones I have would work or too long or to short thanks guys
What sort of arsehole moans about the workshop upgrade and says you won’t get any work because of it?! Really?! It looks great… and who doesn’t want their engine rebuilt in a well organised, clean, tidy workshop? Well done Lee and team…
Sorry Lee but I just absolutely HATE the intro noise ( some might call it music lol ) I much preferred the engine sound of the original. Come on people who's with me on that??? Other than that I really like the new workshop layout and the ' clean 'engine building ' room'
That’s a b series Honda engine, k s don’t fit in minis and the k series have timing chains , you need to upgrade the b series oil pump with billet oil pump gears the quite often just break the stock oil pump when you hit the rev limiter and next thing you know you have steaming pile of crap 💩
Why do so many of your engines fail ??? It's always someone else's fault maybe you should source better components and a clean up of the workshop would help metal filings will get into engines then oil or no oil there had it
Ooft,i'm not a honda guy but i know for sure a honda k series 1.8 doesn't exist,i've watched you from your start and ive never commented before,imo far too much spent on looking good etc and far too less on correct info,if 1.8 it'll be a b series 😉
Send that blown Short Motor back . Entire Engine or nothing , GUY can't be bothered stripping it , a bit of high pressure blow through , that 'll do,, you send back short motor he builds it & it blows again you get hit with warranty , why isn't it going back to wohoever built it 1500 ml ago .
Workshop is looking great after all your work over Christmas.
I remember watching V&M racing doing all this in the mid 80s (motor bike tuners) without all the modern bells and whistles of today. They started in a shed and ended up blue printing Honda uk's race bike engines, good engineers shin through. Nice video lads
Lee, the new work area is absolutely smashing.
I very much like the choice of colour for the cabinets and benches. It should resist dirty hand and finger marks which as you know touching even the cleanest metal puts a metallic grime on your hands.
Lee while you are going as you say “more professional “. What about introducing job cards (we use to call them route cards so as you complete each stage of what you are doing, you or another initial the completion of each op. Yes lay out the job card in operations. Also introduce a material list with each job.
Wow! Mate. Just WOW !
Way back last century in the 90's I worked with a precision engineers as a delivery driver. Your new set up reminded me of a delivery I made of manufactured components to Tom Williams Racing, who were the big boys at the time. Expecting to walk into your average dirty grimy auto concern. I walked into an environment like a hospital operating theatre. In short just how you're set up now. Just so love when you pull the draw out and we I saw the components precisely laid out in a pristine condition. Please keep education me in the esoteric art of engine building.
Wishing the best for 24 and make sure to do some live broadcasts when you have your weekend away. It'd be great to join the party.
Hey Lee! yeah I looked back and you could see the piece of broken ring....the sharp eyed people should have spotted that lol. I'm new here but great channel mate.
Honda Engine. All ok, until track day. Oil starvation when cornering?
I think ur workshop is looking fantastic, very polished 👍👍😎
Hi, it's a Honda B18z6 engine, we just finished to build one -> be really carefull with bore distortion (torque plate), and with main bearing clearance, and the main journal was absolutely not straight :( ARP fasteners just did it worst... yeh, it's not a cast iron :D
Workshop looks amazing love what you do
I rebuilt my Alfa 75's 3.0 V6. Crank was perfect so I ordered a "standard" bearing set. I assembled the bottom end and found the crank was locked solid once torqued. I found out through the club that Alfa color-coded the cranks mine was marked red, so I rang up a dealer and gave them the VIN and crank color mark, and once installed I could almost breathe on the flywheel and turn it. The "standard" bearings mic'd out to a couple thou smaller than the journals. Lesson learned there. Considering that Honda engine has a color-coded crank, it seems reasonable that the previous builder messed up like I did.
I have to say, the beard's looking good mate.
Std honda track+high g corners = no oil pressure...love these engines.
Looking much better boys,keep it clean and that vapour blaster is a god send,keep that grease/oil out😁💯👍
The honda B series prob had oil starvation due to
High G cornering on track,
Fit a baffled sump or it'll be back 🚗👌
Looks brilliant evan colour coordinated track suit aswell. You need some Barum Engine decals on the upper cabinets. Always good to ear a business doing well.
Bravo for getting on a diet and getting exercise.
Goodwood see you there👍👍
I saw the bit of ring initially, but thought It must have just been discolouration etc.
Keep it clean and it will look great for years looks amazing
Im doing well with the b16 ish i rebuilt then.
Mate love your videos The new shop looks great and looks very smart and professional I am looking forward to sending my engine to you when it comes time do it now my note on your video k20 engine chain driven and never a 1.8 could be a b18 or a r18 k20 are 2.0 or k24 2.4 sorry but that one has a belt so i assume its the b18
The Honda engine is a B series engine. From experience, the oil pump is driven off the front of the crank shaft. Running an after market front pulley and its not balanced, it will break the oil pump. it happened to us after we did a cam belt replacement.
Especially if it’s a non harmonic absorbing pulley, the harmonics will shatter the oil pump gear like an opera singer and a wine glass.
I haven't been involved in running a B series engine for quite a few years, so I can't remember what we did for baffles in the sump.
We been running K series for quite awhile and the first thing we did was to make copies of the Mugan baffles
The Mugen N1 solid crank pulley is a prime example of what NOT to use 😂 Get an ATi on it and call it a day.
Baffle wise, Morosso do a nice sheet metal sump with a nice trap door set up in it.
K series baffles you want to use a K20 PRB alloy sump with Clockwise Motion trap doors
Surely you mean Honda B18C engine?
your new shop is sweeeeeeet!!!!
I would be nervous about using those factory original pistons. Customer dime so his choice.
That slot does prevent heat from getting to the skirt, but tends to weaken the piston.
Thats great you are now getting work sent from other countries ! the negative people are hating this 😂😂
Excuse my ignorance but I picked up on one of your videos that the engine block of a cosworth was basically a pinto engine, can you explain that a bit further?
People who say it was pointless really don’t get it. I used to do supplier quality audits on engineering companies when I worked for Honda. You could tell the difference between them by how tidy the whole building was. Let alone the workshop. So no it was well worth doing
Looks like there is something in one of the ring lands of the 505g piston??
The one piston is heavier because it still has half an old ring on it !
EDIT: Posted before end of video 😂
That 505 piston has a piece of broken ring in a groove. Am i right ?
Are you sure it’s not a Honda B series engine?
Shop upgrade looks great, seems more organised as well 🙂
Interesting, how do you get around issues (if they occur) when you haven’t built the whole engine? We refuse the build “bits” it’s all or nothing to save the “yeah but you must have put the head on wrong as MY bottom end was mint”
Looks like a vtec b series boys
I'd be interested to know the diet program you are on. Could loose a few winter pounds myself even if they keep me a tad warmer in this Canadian winter.
Work hard, play hard boys!
On another note. . .
Did you know that protein shakes make your willy shrink. . . Check the mirror 😂
Thats quite funny but having worked with a guy who became a gym and protein addict he confessed that his cock essentially became the size of a thimble.Luckily he had a good sense of humour about it.
Love watching the channel I see you have been doing some v8 engines and I know it’s abit cheeky To ask but I have too I have a small block Chevy engine for drag racing I have bought a new camshaft for it and wanted to know how would I check the push rod lengths to make sure the ones I have would work or too long or to short thanks guys
What sort of arsehole moans about the workshop upgrade and says you won’t get any work because of it?! Really?! It looks great… and who doesn’t want their engine rebuilt in a well organised, clean, tidy workshop? Well done Lee and team…
What are you boys doing using S/H pistons, old split skirt ones. Surely not worth spending that much time/money on sub parts
Ive never heard of using mineral oil for break in
That's a Honda B series
That v8 piston has a ring in the piston probably why it weighs more 😮than
why are you stripping engines down in the "clean room"?
This will likely be a B Series. The K Series only had 2.0L, 2.3L and 2.4L…K20 and K24 are good units…
😂 was that a designer cardboard box next to your bench 👍🏼
Ahh, blame isac. 😂😂.👍
Sorry Lee but I just absolutely HATE the intro noise ( some might call it music lol ) I much preferred the engine sound of the original. Come on people who's with me on that??? Other than that I really like the new workshop layout and the ' clean 'engine building ' room'
That’s a b series Honda engine, k s don’t fit in minis and the k series have timing chains , you need to upgrade the b series oil pump with billet oil pump gears the quite often just break the stock oil pump when you hit the rev limiter and next thing you know you have steaming pile of crap 💩
That is a B series Honda engine not a K series which is driven by a timing chain
Unfortunately, Isak's apples has a worse picture quality than Lee's!
Australian viewers : with beanie , doesn't Lee look like Craig McLaughlin?
Why do so many of your engines fail ??? It's always someone else's fault maybe you should source better components and a clean up of the workshop would help metal filings will get into engines then oil or no oil there had it
Ooft,i'm not a honda guy but i know for sure a honda k series 1.8 doesn't exist,i've watched you from your start and ive never commented before,imo far too much spent on looking good etc and far too less on correct info,if 1.8 it'll be a b series 😉
Honda engine is a B18 and not a K series
Looks like a b series not a k series
Thought same 1.8 from a civic or integra is surely a b18
Probably a good idea to know what engine you're working on eh boys 😂
😂
Send that blown Short Motor back . Entire Engine or nothing , GUY can't be bothered stripping it , a bit of high pressure blow through , that 'll do,, you send back short motor he builds it & it blows again you get hit with warranty , why isn't it going back to wohoever built it 1500 ml ago .