CH33Z3B4LL3R
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ok so here's the story.. I bought a 99 integra gsr with nothing more than an ebay tip and compression issues. the owner CLAIMS to be unaware that 91 octane was required so for 9yrs the motor ran on 87. idk the whole story to the motor. playing it safe I just ordered a complete head gasket/ tbelt kit, new valves and belts. along with an aem v2, tokicko blues, megan racing header, 2.5 cat and 2.5 Megan catback, accel ign coil and 8lb flywheel. is any part of this set up questionable?
-im waiting on pistons input.. I will stay NA so can I use itr pistons? rumor is the +.2 compression and 6hp across the band. T or F ??
anyways so I pulled the stock EM, ps pump, entire dizzy, head bolts (nobody told me they were under the cams so I felt like an idiot when I pulled 16x 3" bolts) timing belt with a HUGE 14 teeth gap, found the 10x IM bolts (bitch to get to bc of this bracket (btw can I pull that out..FOREVER??) double checked everything and finally after 45min thought I was golden.. pulled the head forward.. nothing. checked for other bolts. nope all clear. oh wait look a motor mount! pulled that out. tried again and saw a small gap on one side of the IM but my dizzy side won't budge. ok let's try UP. stood on my tower bar and bumper and pulled.. zip. 2hrs later. wtf!?! I can't find ANY bolts!!
sooo can somebody please give an idea of where to look bc I think I missed something that isn't obvious to me somewhere around the dizzy.
and oh yeah just a side note. this is my first head/engine pull.
-im waiting on pistons input.. I will stay NA so can I use itr pistons? rumor is the +.2 compression and 6hp across the band. T or F ??
anyways so I pulled the stock EM, ps pump, entire dizzy, head bolts (nobody told me they were under the cams so I felt like an idiot when I pulled 16x 3" bolts) timing belt with a HUGE 14 teeth gap, found the 10x IM bolts (bitch to get to bc of this bracket (btw can I pull that out..FOREVER??) double checked everything and finally after 45min thought I was golden.. pulled the head forward.. nothing. checked for other bolts. nope all clear. oh wait look a motor mount! pulled that out. tried again and saw a small gap on one side of the IM but my dizzy side won't budge. ok let's try UP. stood on my tower bar and bumper and pulled.. zip. 2hrs later. wtf!?! I can't find ANY bolts!!
sooo can somebody please give an idea of where to look bc I think I missed something that isn't obvious to me somewhere around the dizzy.
and oh yeah just a side note. this is my first head/engine pull.