02civicEM2 Head swap

pics



intake port





Intake port again



Combustion chamber valve matched



combustion chamber again



Exhaust port



Top of head



Intake valves



Exhaust Valves


Crower Titanium retaners

Crower Valve springs

well thats all the pics i have for now. more to come later..maybe

the head ive had for a while so im not adding the cost of it in to the equation
head PnP = 331.24
cam spring and retainers = 701
Kpro with cam gear = 1144
ARP head studs = 115 (not real sure as ive had the studs for some time now)
Headers = 100
head gasket = 24
OEM valve seals = 40
crankshaft tool = 30

total = $2487.24

Kpro took me over the 2K mark but it takes money to do it right

ok got the PnP head on and it was a rollercoaster ride that took three whole days starting sat morning 7am and going to monday evening 7pm. saturday held no surprises just was hard to get off cause all the hoses and junk was all stuck together, but finally got it off. didn't take pics while i was doing it, i was too caught up in the task at hand. the head itself came off with little resistance putting the new head on i kinda marked up the cylinder head deck a bit by No.4 combustion chamber but not too bad also the head gasket moved while i was setting the head on the block and the oil channel sat on top of the gasket. didnt take it off to look just lifted the head and moved the gasket back in place and it set down just fine.
got the head bolted down by the end of saturday and got the rest done by the end of sunday put the Kpro in loaded the s2 cam map and started it up. the cam oil seal was popping out due to RTV sealant clogging up the oil valley's on either side of the cam and the valve lash was way off so i had to set the valves. .006 on intake and .008 on exhaust. started it up again and it was nice and quiet. monday got the Kpro programmed and wires switched over on the ECU harness . driving home the OBD2 said my fuel was too lean so i spent an hour or so smoothing out the fuel curve monday night. tuesday morning uploaded the revised map, adjusted the idle to 1200 RPM and, raised the duty cycle of the iacv. ran ok to work but i keep hearing a ringing sound when the engine revs quickly. nothing smells out of the ordinary yet. engine bay is dirty from the last head leaking oil so no pics. so thats where i am.