Found some damaged parts...







First pic is the center of the balancer, damaged.
Second pic shows a damaged crank nose and broken keyway slot.

Also, it appears that someone decided they didn't need that timing belt guide washer behind the balancer. So the timing belt ate through the cover.

I met this "someone" when I bought the car for parts. The knows a lot but does a little, type.

I guess the motor in the red car will be coming out sooner than later. Need that crankshaft!

So... I have one bad block d15 and one bad crank d15.

It is cold, too. The wind is brutal in the driveway. Puts a bit of a slowdown in my progress. I am not as gung-ho as teenaged me was.... 😆

Little Red has a few fun parts. Once before... I had a 1989 CRX Si, it was slightly ridiculous and eventually, I wore out the body. That car was disassembled and parts sold off. Little Red fell into the leftover parts pile and came out as a solid daily driver. Absolutely, nothing special but more fun than stock. I can't remember all of it... but the lists goes:
Header, no cat, stainless exhaust
Head casting A6 or B7(can't remember)
A6 camshaft
Y8 intake manifold
Integra throttle body
Adjustable fuel regulator
Adjustable cam gear
MSD 6A box
Canister blaster 2 coil
Fidanza Flywheel 7 or 8 lb.
Lowered a little with camber kits front and rear
That all off the top of my head...
Oh... A/C worked too.

 

could take a look at a walmart party tent with sides, leg weights and a heater...good luck with the project!

 

I may have to find something... I have one of those pop up canopies. Need a rosebud heater for the hands. 😄

I have yet to settle on a carb balance tool... I go between building one and buying one to re-calibrate. Leaning towards the latter... Also a toss up on emulsion tubes... what I want, usually isn't what I need. 😃

 

That list reads like it was a good ride when RED was running.

 

Mine is a very accurate mercury flow tubes. Waaaay better then the vacuum gauges that bounce around to much. The only thing more precise is a combination EA and the motion pro in combination.
As far as the parts estncial for carburetor adjusting, that can be an investment in itself of several hundred dollar per carburetor brand name. Between Holley, *Carter AFBs (*original) Edelbrock (carter clones but improved) Redline carbs and various motorcycle carburetors I have likely several thousand dollar's in jet emulsion tube, springs accelerator pumps ets., ets., ext. Now ask me the last time I use all that....LOL

 

It popped a heater hose while the wife was driving alone and she never noticed the gauges. It ran down the interstate @ 3500-4500 rpm until it quit. Changed hose and drove home, popping and skipping. Parked with water in the cylinder for about a year, new head gasket, rebuilt the head, hand polished cylinder, and it ran for about 700 miles and parked it again without water in the cylinder.

 

I have wondered about those breathing gauges that the doctors office uses to measure your lung capacity/flow rate...

Mercury gauges are awesome and I do think the cheap vaccum gauges are useless. At least liquid filled.

I went with the slide carbs because of all the jet sets and junk filling the draws of my tool box and like yours, almost forgotten. I also have the graduated jet drilling set. From way too small to way too big, already. Needles and tubes should be about all I need otherwise.

It will be fun. I am excited to play with this set-up. Just because...

Same for the B2000...

 

No pretty pics today. I didn't get much done. Managed to get Little Red on stands in the gravel. I almost have the intake manifold off. Distributor, radiator and coolant lines off. Power steering and bracket is off. Coolant drained. Not much, more.



Still cold, which is fine. The wind is my problem. Spend a lot of time standing with your eyes closed. Little pecan leaf peices flying! I even got the leaf blower out...



Anyway, my goal tomorrow is to get that engine out. I will reduce it to a short block first and then just lift it out by hand. ****** out the crankshaft and start measuring everything for clearances.



My wife must feel real bad for me... she said I can reassemble the engine in the laundry room! 😳🤯🫩🤕 She covered by saying: Don't that have to stay clean when you put it together? Well... do it in there, then. 🤔🤨 She just can't admit that she likes me!

 

 

That is a good looking board that you got there Callisto! 🤤
For dyno use or what?