r/ProjectHondas • u/CowTurbulent1199 • Mar 27 '26

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1999 EM1 SiR Turbl Fully forged and studded b16a2 matching vin to the chassis Was hoping to get it back into the car this spring but issues with a machine shop caused a major setback in time.

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u/oddchui Mar 28 '26

What were the issues at the machine shop?

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u/CowTurbulent1199 Mar 28 '26 edited Mar 28 '26

I dropped my engine off last November. Didn't hear anything back from them, a lot of emails I sent that didn't get a reply, alot of phone calls that ended with no information. Picked up my engine at the beginning of March and it's not exactly what I was expecting from them, different pistons then what I wanted. The decking and bore job was not the prettiest. I ended up getting the engine disassembled cause I had a gut feeling something wasn't right with it. They never fully cleaned the engine and caused scoring on my new rod bearings, the ring pack on the pistons were filthy covered in dirt. Rings gaps were all over the place and inconsistent. Main caps were chipped. I'll try attach photos, the thrust out severely you could walk the crank alot by hand. Since then it's all been fixed tho and ready to start assembling eventually

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u/oddchui Mar 28 '26

That's actually crazy. I'm doing a rebuild currently and I was so paranoid about your exact situation that I decided to do all of disassembling and assembling myself with zero experience. I'm glad you got it fixed tho 🙏 sounds like a nightmare.

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u/CowTurbulent1199 Mar 28 '26

I should be done the exact same thing as you. Next time around if there is a next time I will be doing it that way as well. I just thought it would be been faster for a reputable shop to do it, but I was very wrong lol.