Kevin / Slo_Si's Turbo CRX Build

[Alpha]

We're going to document the whole build here. Kevin is a great friend of ours. So we cant wait to finish this

We started gathering all of Kevin's parts. We're getting them organized. Took everything off the block. Cleaned off all the gaskets. Took it down to the machine shop to clean up. Tomorrow we're going to install the block guard, have the head resurfaced, cylinders honed/bored out to 83mm and an align hone

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[Hybrid_Ej1]

cant wait to see it on the road....good work guys...

[GsEclipse02]

I always thought yall said block guards were not really worth it???


it will be good to see his car running

[Alpha]

Do you see a block guard in the picture ;) ?

[Alpha]

Posted a couple more pictures. We're going home now :lol: Going to clean up the block a little more tomorrow. Outside, threads, passages, etc. Then take it to the machine shop. Once it's back get it coated :D

[flaco0018]

good job kee it up:thumbup:

[TheRedDragon]

this build is gonna be nice... i want his block to be the shit!!!!!!

[Alpha]

this build is gonna be nice... i want his block to be the shit!!!!!!

+1

[cubanprince1]

good shit....this thing should move out nicely...i know kevin's up there with a goofy smile from ear to ear....;)....

[MissleMike]

keep up the good work guys

[Steez]

Nice.

Kevin is probably smiling right now thinking of how nasty this build is gonna be.

[poorboy44]

looking good guys

[TheRedDragon]

looking good guys
thanks randy for all the parts u get to us asap for this build, im sure alpha and i will be calling you more once we start specing bearings :)

[Alpha]

thanks randy for all the parts u get to us asap for this build, im sure alpha and i will be calling you more once we start specing bearings :)

We've been dealing with Honda for years. Randy is the most curtius, organized person at Honda we've dealt with in years. And gets our parts quickly too. Thanks for everything Randy :thumbup:

[MOM OF KEV(SLO-SI)]

Great Work Guys And Thanks Cutie For Sending Me The Link. I Be Stoppin By Soon- Expect Not To Catch You Eating Doritos Again.

Alpha This Is A Nice Thread . See Ya Soooon, I Gotta Keep Checkin In On You Guys
Love Ya All
Coqui

[DC Dave]

nice work guys....

[RexSiChic]

I didn't know Kevin, but this is a great thing you guys are doing. Nice work! You are all truely good people :)

[TheRedDragon]

Great Work Guys And Thanks Cutie For Sending Me The Link. I Be Stoppin By Soon- Expect Not To Catch You Eating Doritos Again.

Alpha This Is A Nice Thread . See Ya Soooon, I Gotta Keep Checkin In On You Guys
Love Ya All
Coquihahaha when was i eating?????? i was working on the evo when u came by :) but i still love you:lol:

[Alpha]

hahaha when was i eating?????? i was working on the evo when u came by :) but i still love you:lol:

Dave had a bag in his hand :lol:

[flaco0018]

I didn't know Kevin, but this is a great thing you guys are doing. Nice work! You are all truely good people :)
+1000000:)

[sil80drew]

cant wait to see that car on the road agein...I just wish Kevin was driven..

[GsEclipse02]

Dave had a bag in his hand :lol:

and i bet his hands were filled with oil lol

[TheRedDragon]

and i bet his hands were filled with oil lol


haha do u really have to bet on that.... its known fact they were... Mr J calls him our grease monkey.. maybe we should make him our mascot:lol::lol:

[poorboy44]

thanks randy for all the parts u get to us asap for this build, im sure alpha and i will be calling you more once we start specing bearings :)


We've been dealing with Honda for years. Randy is the most curtius, organized person at Honda we've dealt with in years. And gets our parts quickly too. Thanks for everything Randy :thumbup:

hey guys I appreciate it, I do my best to help out anyway i can. we all want Kevin's motor to be the best it can and i know you guys will do the absolute best job possible.

[GsEclipse02]

haha do u really have to bet on that.... its known fact they were... Mr J calls him our grease monkey.. maybe we should make him our mascot:lol::lol:

:lol: yep that's Dave ... his toppings on his pizza is always pepperoni and cheese with a lil bit of oil on the crust :lol:

[CHUPA_CABRA_2.0]

Damn that is going to be hot. Can't believe it's already been a year. He must be happy as hell right now.

[AcidiCyn_]

cant wait to see that car on the road agein...I just wish Kevin was driven..

Ditto..

[Alpha]

Thanks for the positive comments. I'm sure Kevin will be happy. Him and I always use to talk about what we were doing next. To this day he is the best run I ever had

We just finished cleaning up the main caps, cleaning up the crank journals and going over the crank journals. Main journals were within two thousandth of each other. Rod journals were within one thousandth of each other. Going to have the crank micropolished next week

[97blackcivic]

I think motor is in the right hands. i know you guys will do a good job, and randy is a great guy. when i needed stuff, he had it asap.

[eg1point8]

damn i so glad the balls rollin.....cant wait to see the finished product......im gonna have to take a flight back to tampa to see it go down the track....good job guys........RANNNNNDDDDYYYY!!!lol tell everyone i said wazzzup. peace

[88RedRex]

o shit convertible cavalier, where the hell you been

[Alpha]

Updated with a couple more pictures

[homemade wrx]

looks like you guys are doing the a good job on the motor build. I'll be interested to see the details of what you guys are sticking in there and what you are doing for the head...

[Alpha]

looks like you guys are doing the a good job on the motor build. I'll be interested to see the details of what you guys are sticking in there and what you are doing for the head...

Thanks. We're trying :D The whole setup still has to be discussed with everyone and Kevin's family. The goal is to put the car in the 10's. With the weight of the car that should be fairly easy with a good suspension setup and slicks. So I would leave the stock ports with a three angle valve job, itr or Skunk2 cams, dual valve springs, titanium retainers, etc.

[homemade wrx]

I'd rather port the head and use stock cams...costs less and then leaves room for more potential (but that's just me)...making 10's is going to be cake walk...you don't even need to go into the head to do that.
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[AcidiCyn_]

Edit: Sent PM.

[homemade wrx]

Edit: Sent PM.
back at you

[homemade wrx]

and now the pm debate is done :lol:

I'm really interested to see what you guys have planned for the motor.

[Alpha]

I'd rather port the head and use stock cams...costs less and then leaves room for more potential (but that's just me)...making 10's is going to be cake walk...you don't even need to go into the head to do that.
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True we could do it on on a stock head but I would rather replace the retainers, springs, etc. with new parts. Not being oem. And there is always room for more if they decide that :thumbup:

[homemade wrx]

personally I would do everyting to the head but itr cams...I will garauntee more power and a broader torque curve than just valves, pocket port, spring/retainers and a cam...
port it and deshroud it with the ITR cams :thumbup:
I've done it both ways on the flowbench and on the dyno.

[TheRedDragon]

personally I would do everyting to the head but itr cams...I will garauntee more power and a broader torque curve than just valves, pocket port, spring/retainers and a cam...
port it and deshroud it with the ITR cams :thumbup:
I've done it both ways on the flowbench and on the dyno. so what makes more power what setup do y suggest?

[Ronald Mcdonald]

Wow. I never met Kevin, but I'm sure he was a great guy, I haven't ever heard a bad thing about him. I'm sure he is up there smiling, and happy knowing he had friends that cared this much to continue the build-up of his bad-ass car.

I can't wait to see some updates with the build, and hopefully see some video of this thing hitting 10's.

Good luck with the build! I'm sure it's been mentioned but what size turbo are you guys going to use?

[homemade wrx]

so what makes more power what setup do y suggest?
without giving out too much...ported (by an experienced hand and verified on a bench), 5-angle valve job(angle make a difference), toss in bronze valve guids if money isn't an issue (normall $8'ish a piece) oversized valves and deshrouding with a Serdi (bits makes a difference too).

the other perk, aside form making a broader taller torque curve, is if you choose that you want to go even bigger, it is just a cam install away

[GsEclipse02]

dont the honda heads flow really well in stock forum ???

[homemade wrx]

dont the honda heads flow really well in stock forum ???
yeah, they flow pretty well for a stock head but leave some to be desired...K-series heads are even better out the box but the same applies...
the nice ecotec heads supposedly flow 400 out of the box but I've never seen any numbers or flowed them myself...

It sounds like Kevin must have been a great guy. Glad to see his car is getting done.

[MOM OF KEV(SLO-SI)]

yeah, they flow pretty well for a stock head but leave some to be desired...K-series heads are even better out the box but the same applies...
the nice ecotec heads supposedly flow 400 out of the box but I've never seen any numbers or flowed them myself...

It sounds like Kevin must have been a great guy. Glad to see his car is getting done.


KEVIN WAS A GREAT GUY WHO HAS GREAT FRIENDS AND A MOTHER AND BROTHER THAT WILL MAKE HIS DREAM COME TRUE. NOTHIN BUT THE BEST FOR MY ANGEL IN THE SKY.

CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW HAPPY HE IS UP THERE ,EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT HE PROBABLY DOESN'T AGREE WITH ME SPENDING AS MUCH MONEY AS HE WOULD HAVE ON HIS CAR...... BUT LIFE IS WAY TO SHORT AND THIS IS MY GOAL IN LIFE . ..SLO-SI WILL BE IN THE 10'S AS WELL AS A SHOWCASE CAR..............
AS ALWAYS, MUCH GRATITUDE TO MY BOYS, WITHOUT YOU GUYS I WOULD HAVE NEVER KNOWN WHO TO TRUST WITH THIS PROJECT.
LOVE AS ALWAYS, MUAHHHHH;)

[88RedRex]

Slo_Si isnt going to be slow anymore, lol, like he ever was

[MOM OF KEV(SLO-SI)]

Slo_Si isnt going to be slow anymore, lol, like he ever was

DITTO :burnout:
MOM OF SLO-SI WILL BE SLOWER
NEW PLATE WILL READ 4 SLO-SI

[homemade wrx]

kev's mom, I sent you a pm :D

[MOM OF KEV(SLO-SI)]

kev's mom, I sent you a pm :D

REPLIED VIA PM BUT YOU COULD HAVE POSTED IT HERE CAUSE I GET ALERTS OF ALL POST AND I HAVE KEPT EVERYTHING WRITTEN TO OR ABOUT KEVIN SO I CAN PRINT A MEMORIUM BOOK.

YOUR PM WAS VERY TOUCHING :)
COQUI(MARGIE)
THANK YOU:wave:

[TheRedDragon]

REPLIED VIA PM BUT YOU COULD HAVE POSTED IT HERE CAUSE I GET ALERTS OF ALL POST AND I HAVE KEPT EVERYTHING WRITTEN TO OR ABOUT KEVIN SO I CAN PRINT A MEMORIUM BOOK.

YOUR PM WAS VERY TOUCHING :)
COQUI(MARGIE)
THANK YOU:wave:yea!! we are all family. so ma are you gonna paint ther car??

Muah X

[MOM OF KEV(SLO-SI)]

yea!! we are all family. so ma are you gonna paint ther car??

Muah X
OH YES, THE CAR IS GETTING A COMPLETE MAKEOVER INSIDE AND OUT, LIKE I SAID - NOT ONLY WILL IT BE IN THE 10'S BUT IT WILL ALSO BE A SHOWCASE :roll:

[TheRedDragon]

OH YES, THE CAR IS GETTING A COMPLETE MAKEOVER INSIDE AND OUT, LIKE I SAID - NOT ONLY WILL IT BE IN THE 10'S BUT IT WILL ALSO BE A SHOWCASE :roll:
oooh man is it gonna be fun. his ass is gonna love it

[CBRTRX]

looks good, kevin would be very happy to see it

[Alpha]

Block, pistons and crank went to the machine shop yesterday :D

[MOM OF KEV(SLO-SI)]

Wake Up Boys And Get To Work, Me And Rob Are Taking A Drive Out To Orlando To Order The Manifold, He Found One That Kevin Would Like For Around $900... But We Want To Check What Else They Have---will Try To See You Guys This Week
Love Ya

[Alpha]

Tell Ray Ray at the machine shop to get to work :lol:

What exhaust manifold? For $900.00 you should be getting a very nice exhaust manifold. We can get exhaust manifolds from Full-Race, Neukin and AFI

[351coupe]

looks good, kevin would be very happy to see it+1

[BluRRboSi]

I got goose bumps looking at the pics... but all the replies are giving me more... muahahaha

Designated driver of the 10-sec beast?

[BOOSTED_951]

yo thats my shop

[MOM OF KEV(SLO-SI)]

Stoppin By To Show Love From Me And On Behalf Of Kevin Aka Slo-si- I Am Sure He Is Up There With A Great Smile Seeing How Much He Is Loved

[MOM OF KEV(SLO-SI)]

Tell Ray Ray at the machine shop to get to work :lol:

What exhaust manifold? For $900.00 you should be getting a very nice exhaust manifold. We can get exhaust manifolds from Full-Race, Neukin and AFI

ROBERT IS THE ONE WHO FOUND IT, WE WILL STOP BY THIS WEEK-END TO REGULATE YOU GUYS. LMOL

P.S. RAY GET TO FUCKIN WORK
THERE SON I TOLD HIM :lol:

[unkentosh]

thank you bam, X, and alpha for taking over this build, . im really glad you guys went to the engine lab today to handle it. progress is now being made and the assurance is there that the motor is going to be done proper. i know kevins mom will be happy with the end result knowing the effort thats being put in . Good job guys

[98_GstEclipse]

Were you having engine lab do the build and machine work?

[Alpha]

We're doing the build. Ray did the bore and hone. Engine Lab is doing the micropolish and balance of the crank

[Shadytrixta1]

Engine lab did some of the machine work on my SR block and crank...good stuff!

[GsEclipse02]

wondering if there was any updates in the last two months???

[unkentosh]

I believe that after kevins is done which shouldnt be much longer, pablos will be started as well, the block is on the engine stand now, alpha will probably update soon

[Alpha]

Waiting on parts ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...