Glad everyone is learning form this video and enjoying it ! I’m here to help! Sorry about my fast ADHD lmao 🤣

ive been building and studying building b series engines for over 5 years now, the stretch spec is something ive never heard of, so glad i watched this video

That Boosty dude is a wealth of knowledge!! Made me laugh when he said , “Now that you got me involved, we are doin it MY WAY!”

So much good info being shared man bug ups to Boosty for sharing the knowledge and thank you Boosted John for sharing keep killing it man.

Boosted John and the mad scientist! Gotta rip apart the black and swap back the rod caps u reversed!! Lol

This dude is awesome for sharing this information. It is out there just hard to find

This guy gave you a TON of good advice. I agree with pretty much everything he said. He is a real one for sure. Not that I am an expert. I have just listened to as many experts as possible and tried to find where all of them agree or are at least come close to agreement. People who build $1,000 engines, $10,000 engines, and $50,000 engines all share a lot of key knowledge. I think you're in good hands. I also love that this guy is what ADHD looks like when it's turned into pure drive and success, hahaha. One thing I definitely agree with is the ring gapping was done very poorly. Once you got the camera to focus I grimaced. Seeing something like that makes me question all the work done. Very strange. Love that Boosty demonstrated his experience as well. Good stuff!

Even if it was just the valve lash I wouldn’t say there was a negative to tearing down the motor when you did and playing it safe. You saved the motor and everything is salvageable. Had you not done this you’d have never known the rod caps were backwards. You’ve also learned the importance of cleaning and everything properly when assembling. Everything this video talks about will be knowledge that will for sure be using later down the road and it will be fixed at a point where the motor wasn’t hurt which has potentially saved you thousands of dollars.

I appreciate this video. I went out in my garage to double check rod caps to see if the numbers was on the same side

The amount of knowledge youve learned and new people youve meet along the way worth the fix to catch the backwards caps. Lets Go great video!!!!!

I learned soooo much watching this. The Boosty guy is amazing at explaining and simplifying everything. Hope to see more of him as well. Keep up the great work.

Wow Boosty Build is extremely knowledgeable! Definitely someone I would trust 100% with my builds 👌🏼 This is exactly what you want Boosted John, a Diamond in the rough builder like Boosty Build 👍🏼 Excellent Video!

When I built my B16a2 earlier this year I did one cylinder at a time so I would not mix up rod caps and pistons/ring gaps. If I took everything out and installed I would have def messed something up. This was my First time doing a build and very happy and also set the valve lash per spec from skunk 2 as I have skunk2 cams. I also used assembly lube on my cams when installing into a dry head. I ended up snapping a cam holder bolt on the 2nd bolt I torqued and had to take the head off and to the machine shop to get drilled out safely without damaging the head. I used arp lube with arp head studs and rod bolts and did everything by manufacturer spec per arp. Everything when building an engine is a learning curve. I was so nervous building my own engine but did everything as careful as I could and one little change can mess up everything but shit is a learning experience for all of us builders. For me everything went well and was a successful build but this guy knows his stuff and better safe than sorry!

What a great opportunity for you. Boosty Built is a wealth of information and it was so nice of him to share it with you and all of your viewers. LY 🥰

Boosty is a legit dude. Definitely a good one to learn from. Go to the track with him and you'll learn even more with car setup and driving. I definitely picked up a few things from this video as well.

I’m 35 and at 33:13 I agree with everything he said. Back then you could walk into Marks store and as you’re naming parts, he’s pulling them out from the back counter. You could get everything for a complete swap in one visit, Mark is the man for sure. He did my engine harness in those years and it’s still in my race car to this day with zero issues. Love the recent content and this was a banger video for sure, Awesome to see Boosty in action.

Very helpful I’ve been building engines for a while and all the info he spits out is great info 👌🏼

Boosty knows Hondas, guys a real racer.

This guy at boosty is a mad engine doctor.

He is a really good guy I appreciate all his energy Stay positive

My boy boosty built👌

damn this guy knows a lot of details, very intriguing

A lott of good info in here. The man knows his stuff.

Holy crap this dude is good at his job WOW

Awesome video boostibuilt is one of my favorite honda channel great to see you guys working together 🤙💪💪💪🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

GREAT video John.. I learned Alot man!.. wish this dudes shop was closer to me lol

This dude is a bible for honda build.

Yeah “ I usually just drive it in “ cracked me up 😂

Amazed at his knowledge! a beast for sure!

Great Vid man, really enjoyed it. Heaps of things became apparent about the motor during the strip down. Boosty is my kind of guy, very thorough and you can see he's got some some time up building Honda engines.

Bro I loved the video, I love working on my b series and no matter what just remember we all mess up! I just messed up putting lsvtec in my engine with a bent valve. Had to take it apart again and putting it back and tried turning it on and it had no gas in it and burned my fuel pump… now I have to replace fuel pump lmao but you know it’s all a process it happens and the only way it’s a bad move is if you quit! Don’t ever quit John I’ll be here liking the videos and commenting away! Keep it up John! You already half way there! Can’t wait to see the lsvtec up and running! I love the gsr but lsvtec is just Moneyyy doood

Boosty built is one of the best glad you took it to him

this was a grea video bless this dude for sharing his knowledge. its hard to find these days

Live and learn I could never be upset at myself or anyone else for doing what you did best to be safe. #NeverStopLearning

wow dude. amazing video with so much information

Watching this exactly when I'm building my B16... well, that's helpful! Thanks for sharing!

Just finished the whole video. Thank you for posting this, there's a lot of great information here. I just picked up a used D16z6 and put it in my daily driver and found a bunch of bearing material in the oil. I swapped all main and rod bearings in the car and I'm glad to know that I did them correctly with the Tang-to-tang orientation. Also, stock Honda rods have markings on the rod caps that align with markings on the rod.

Bro this video was dope literally just sat here watching the whole video one pull

Man watching this video was very helpful, a lot information, great mentor I learned more with this guy than actually going to school lol

Thanks for this upload I am now subbed to your channel great info too

waatched the entire video, i found it super educational and interesting! Thanks for sharing the experience

love the longer content, im currently building my 03 rsx type s and you give me so much inspiration to keep working on it, good luck to you and your build 🫡

John@Boosty does things Proper! I like that guy.

Super inspiring! I hope to build my Honda someday 💪

Definitely saving this video

Great video! Thanks for the info🙌🏾👌🏽👌🏽

Great Info!

Rockin the CRV table 👍

What a great mechanic

this guy is all over !!!

Best video on KZfaq

This is likely the most informational video on B-series engine building, that I’ve ever seen on YT. This thing will likely get crazy views at some point. Boosty is the real deal. Gotta keep him away from the coffee, though. 😂

AYYO, an hour video? I love it

When I hear boosty giving lessons on how to assemble a Honda motor correctly, I sit my white ass down and I listen.

Thx John for this interesting video ! I saved it for later to check al the things he said to check ;)

🙂 merch came yesterday. Fits well physically and situational. Hahaha I'm John also ans have a blown boosted b series. Literally have lsv being built for big power atm, keep grinding g

this its the best video very smart guy 👍

🔥 video, it will help the Honda community greatly, please do a video showing the assembly.

Good info!!!

Meticulous! Crazy how focused and detailed he is.. I would NEVER be able to be a builder! Lol!

Thank you so much!

Turbo Lab kicks ass!

Long standing rule I learn from the John Morton 510 racing team back in the 70's is when installing new cams you MUST change to new rockers. Do not run new cams on old rockers. It will ear your cams up. Skunk2 sells a full set if new rockers for $471. Be smart

I gotta say I only disagree with one thing Boosty said, about building it as tight as he can. Personally, on my motors, I like em loose. There's an old saying, which I'm 100% sure he knows: "Built it loose, only you will know. Build it tight, everyone will know!" My B18c1 is at 2.8 thou mains and rods, 4 thou piston-to-wall, 23 thou top ring gap, and it only sees PennGrade1 - it's the best stuff you could ever put in your b series.

Good shit boosty! I think it was that damn cam cap though.

Save every honda haha. Keeping the game alive. Thanks for the detailed video

Gotta love Mr.Beans

Thanks!

People learn from this. That guy should have known every detail before installing anything. Always double check and make sure your doing things correctly. Good video

Also always good practice to remove the oil galley plugs at the front and rear of the block and wash everything out with hot soapy water and dry everything out with compressed air just be sure to dry the cylinder walls off first and spray them with WD-40 to prevent flash rusting which can ruin your freshly bored and honed cylinder walls

Glad to see the bottom end just needs a freshen up, and you're working with someone that knows their stuff. Tough lessons to learn, but all part of the process. Numbers to numbers on the rod caps. Ufff, those ring gaps actually were pretty... uh gnarly lol. But you guys will get it sorted and back to chasing that 10.

Bro I need someone like that guy in NorCal

We all Fuck up sometimes don’t worry about it. I done that with the rod caps b4,,but noticed b4 I ran it

Could the metal have been copper spray? Didn't use it this time myself, it seemed to dissolve the Viton on my gasket.

Now you should get John boostie built to case swap a build motor in your EK hatch may be even make it AWD

Have you ever thought about awd from a old crv trans?

my car has forged internals too and makes the same noise, i think its piston slap but its still running fine and goes away when warm and up in the rpms

What oil should I use in a k20a 5-30 too thin?? Or is that just for b series?? Do run royal purple

Great video it would have been nice if you could have focused the camera more on the engine

This is why you see so many blown and seezed Honda engines in videos. Guy's....let a professional assemble you engine and set bearing/piston gap. Jeff@cncwerx built and assembled my entire bottom end. 4P Piston Racing built and assembled my entire head using the best Ferrara 6000 dished valves, 85lb springs, titanium retainers. 85lb spring seat is perfect. OEM is only 55lbs

The old style LMAs (not the new spring ones) can make a nasty tiking noise also because they can get sticky and can't follow anymore the cams

You literally took your civic to the civic doctor 🤙🤙

1 hours vid f yeah

Wrinkle coat or polished valve cover FTW. Kick the powdercoated cover to the curb.

I call the top aluminum piece the cam holder and the parts that contact the cams the cam caps.

Yooooo new post😫😫😫😫😫😫😫

Has he routinely used "polished" Honda cranks successfully? I'm still scared too, cuz have always heard it "removes the hardened layer" on OEM cranks...

Idk if I can take this builder seriously, with going back and forth 🤷🏻‍♂️

Now he just needs to put the built engine in the EG and put the B18C1 in the EK

That rice putting is like crack. It's getting hard to find!

I feel like I need a Xanax after listening to him rapid fire info 😂 great info tho.

What was the piston to wall clearance at? You mentioned measuring it but didn't show it. Sounds a lot like piston slap, you should hear mine, it sounds like a diesel when it's cold and my ptw clearance was .0036 and will be roughly .004 when the coating wears off. Check my channel for the video of my new sleeved b16 turbo engine while cold, also check out @BillD64's video titled 'C5 Z06 Piston Slap.wmv'. Sounds exactly like what you're hearing. The fact that you didn't find anything wrong kind of confirms piston slap as well. Did you ever let the motor fully heat up (oil temp not coolant temp)?

i was digging this untill 39:10 honda does not put extra stuff on. its needed. hell your talking about a motor were the base model car did not even get a radio XD

i love knowing that my comments are probably blacklisted from the channel caus I give criticism. LOL

has this guy built alot of engines before? idk if he mentioned it....

Cam cap rails

Noice

can anybody give me a tldr of what happened to this engine?

Anyone else have a shit your pants moment when you have a sandblasted valve cover that you recently put back on your b series? Fk am I gonna have to drill the baffle off?

I feel like half the videos are about blown engines at this point 🤔