well i just finished building my ls/vtec like 2 days ago, and i swapped it in,here's my problem,after i swapped it in it started up but it sounds like its only running on one cylinder,i checked to see if i was getting any sparks to the plugs and it does have spark but it sounds real shitty,i replaced the distributer,spark plugs and plug wires and it still runs like shit,and another problem is i am leaking shit load of oil out of the head gasket,i torqued the head bolts down to the specs of the haynes manual which was 61 ft/lbs and it was leaking oil so i took the head off and torqued it down to 80 ft/lbs which was what my friend had his ls/vtec torqued to and it is still leaking oil like crazy,PLEASE HELP.the motor is perfect,no valve clearence problem or anything like that,i just need to figure this shit out so i can get on the road.should i go with aftermarket headgasket or what.lmk asap.thanks for all the help.

this is my setup:
B18a1 block honed and cleaned,stock bore
ls shotpeened rods w/ CTR pistons
JE piston rings
stock LS headgasket w/Golden Eagle dowel pins
ARP rod and head bolts
new honda bearings(all measured and plastiguaged for the right clearence)
B16a2 head with ITR valvetrain(stock B16 cams)
PPR intake manifold
I'm running the stock ingnition( single cam SI distributer,bosch platnium plugs,and stock plug wires)
walbro 255lph fuel pump
bosch 29lbs injectors

 

oh yeah i dont know if this makes a difference but im running a gsr water pump and b16 oil pump.

 

first off if you have leaked oil out of the headgasket and then taken it off and reused it you have a problem.

did you put the headgasket on right side up or upside down?? this happens alot!

also was the blocked checked for the deck being level? also the same for the head? if these 2 are not planed or decked flat they wont meet up no matter what kind of gasket you use......

last which holes and what way did you use the lsvtec dowel kit, in the exhaust side or intake side holes, it appears that they can go in 2 different ways by being flipped upside down

 

oh yeah, ditch those platinum plugs they will be the death of your shit........also is the distributor wired up right? could you have it wired wrong as in firing sequence????

 

well when i torqued the head down the second time i didnt take the head off just took the cams out and torqed the head to 80 ft/lbs, and just wondering what kind of plugs will be the best.as for the dowel pins i put them on the exhaust side becasue thats the only way they fit in.as for the distributer its all wired up correct.i'll check the head gasket tommorow to see if i put it in upside down and i think i will go with a cosmic ls/vtec headgasket because i heard they are good.any other info would be great,thanks NChatch.oh by the way do you own a blue turbo civic si with RH wheel.

 

also the head was taken to napa and the resurfaced it ,but i didnt take the block to have it levels

 

HELP

 

yes i do own a turbo SI but i have bronze HXs on it, but they do look like some RHs. as far as plugs i would go with some NGK 5 or 6 series but nothing colder than a 6. the golden eagle dowel pin kit can actually be use don the intake side if you turn the upside down. there i s abig debate over this cause no one knows which way they are supposed to go in!! thats why i havent finished my ls vtec yet. my manual says to go to 42lbs on the first torqing and then to 72lbs on the 2nd time around. you really might need to ge the block decked or have it looked at, you may have just passed some fluid thru the headgasket and jacked it up.......was it running hot at all? was there any radiator fluid in the oil???

 

Head gasket on upside down? Soon to be the death of those pistons too.

 

no there was no radiator fluid in the oil,and its not even like leaking oil,its pouring shit load of oil out the head gasket,like i can turn the car on and let it run for couple of minutes and then it will start leaking,it doesnt leak when i first start it up.any other ideas on why it might no spark right.