Well guys I wanna go and put together my first engine... This isn't an engine that I am counting on so if I mess up its not a big deal. I just wanna put 1 together and learn as I go. So a couple questions I have as of now is how do I chech for bearing clearence? What tools do I need to check that? What is the right way to put the pistons back in the block? And how do I gap the piston rings on. This is gonna be a ls motor with all ls internals. And like I stated I just wanna learn how to put an engine together. And if in the end it runs lol well then that's a plus.

 

team-integra.net is one of the best site to be on when it comes down to building any bseries motor

 

My advice. Buy a helms manual & study.

 

To measure your parts yourself the tool list:
1-2" micrometer with .0001 resolution
2-3" micrometer with .0001 resolution
3-4" dial bore gage with .0001 resolution or manual bore gage with a 3-4" micrometer.
a feeler gage
green plastigage or better the real stuff spelled plastigauge (harder to find)

if you don't want to measure anything, you can just get by with the plastigage.

 

thats what i did and i even went to honda and got print outs of every lil part in the engine"but now its all online"but you starting off saying "This isn't an engine that I am counting on so if I mess up its not a big deal" is not the way to start.trust me when you build your first engine and you hear it start and then drive it,its like watching a nice set of tits bonceing you cant be more happier to see and and just want more!! and always remember Tq specs are there for a reason dont think oh i can Tq it just lil more

 

o I didn't mean it like I'm not gonna do it right.. Ima try to do everything to the best of my abillity as right as I can... I just said that so ppl wouldn't come on here just telling me to take it to someone to put it together that's what I meant lol

 

verry good advise I'm on it lol

 

so what do those tools measure? Sorry I'm a noob at this engine building stuff lol

 

piston size,bore size to make sure the walls are perfect,rod journal main size to make sure it has not been cut or out of spec.and the plastigage is a must for bearing and Makeing sure your valves dont hit your piston if building a interference motor. and the feeler gag. is to make sure all your valves are adjusted right

 

1-piston ring compressor
2-ring filer
3-rod bolt stretch gauge(optional)
4-brake kleen