like the title says, check out the video. Turn the sound up and just listen. Sorry bout the video quality, but you can hear what i'm talking about.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiqGE6gHyhE

all this after getting a new catback too. i knew what it was right away, but am still in shock. only 69k too


mike

 

sounds like ur valves?

 

WOOOAH! that doesnt sound healthy!GOOD LUCK MAN!

 

nope. it might be hard to tell from the vid, but that's the sound of an engine saying "help, i'm F'ed"

 

also anyone have any expirence with JDM Engine Depot, or JDM Engine Zone, both located in the Northern NJ area?

 

wait...your f23 just took a shit with no warning?? thats crazy

 

yeah pretty much. i heard it on the way home from work last night. it's kinda always made a noise, but only when it was cold. i quick changed the oil today at lunch and added a quart of Lucas Oil Stabilizer which did nothing for the noise. I almost lost it and felt like hammering the accelerator into the floor and just letting it blow.

I'm still in limbo on exactly what i'm doing at the moment but i'd like to swap a F20B in there

 

Holy rod knock! JDM engine depot seems to be a good place from what i've heard from others. H22 time!

 

sounds like a bad valve. i would recommend not driving the car. you can fix a bent valve but fixing a cracked block or changing your pistons would be worse.

 

putting a mechanics stethoscope on the oil pan, you can clearly hear it coming from the bottom end.

Now i'm just trying to get the balls to order a DOHC vtec F20B. I've been researching the shit out of it for a day and a half. The only reason i'm holding off right now is that this is a D D and i dont want to dive into a large headache with this swap. i need this vehicle to function on a regular basis with as little problems as possible.

mike

 

wish you the best. im doing a big suspension job tommorow on mine. my car makes to many noises turning sooo lets see what my mechanic says lol

 

thanks dude. i just wish there wasn't so much conflicting info on the F20B or H23A swap

 

warning you now, H23A isn't as easy as an H22 swap. F20B is a nice motor, high compression high revving motor. Iron block too. Now that i have researched a little more, i might have gone F20B and put low compression pistons in it and boosted it instead of the H23A which took 3 damn months to do the wiring correctly.

 

i can get you a complete aws prelude si w/h22 for $300 here all day long.... people throw them away as soon as they fail inspection. sooo sad. makes me sick every time i go to the junk yard.. litterally 15 - 20 of them all over every junk yard.. all jdm too. oh well.. i would do h22 for my mini but its too big.. so im goin b18c4, it gonna be fun.

 

hahaha j/k

i wish it was that easy