UPDATE #4 8.2.06
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Well, I've made some progress and unfortunately I've taken a step back as well.. I just found out the pistons I recieved were for a Redtop 4ag which have a 20mm wrist pin and I need pistons with an 18mm wrist pin for a bluetop. Other than that slight fallback I HAVE made progress. I loaded up the engine and all my parts into the trunk of my accord and made my way to Cincy where Derrick(crazy guy in the pictures) and I tore the engine apart to get it prepped for the machine shop. While seperating the head from the block and tearing everything else apart I was able to get many answers as to why my engine had taken a shit on me. Some of you might find humor in all of this but get this; Piston rings had seen their days, Rod bearings were shot, tremendous amounts of carbon buildup on the piston domes, slightly leaking headgasket and to top it all off.. sludge in my oil pan. ALSO, after removing the 3rd cylinder piston we found a retaining clip floating around in the block underneath the piston. Looking at it all you would think i've never taken 15 minutes to service the engine but since i've had the car in my posession I've done nothing but up-keep. It leads me to believe the donor car was driven in a rally or even on a beach; the car was originally from florida so it's possible. I was going to get pictures of all the stuff we found wrong but my camera unfortunately died before I was able to... but believe me, it was a sight to see. Also Derrick and I took the liberty to remove any excess slag and imperfections from the intake runners before we sent the head off to the shop to be cleaned and worked on. Upon returning back to columbus I took the Simple Green and Fantastic spray straight to my engine bay and got it looking pretty damn clean. Also while it was all drying up I decided to install my quick release hub extention as well. I'm told the head and block will be ready soon but the assembly and everything else associated will be put on hold until I get the right pistons which I hope I can get taken care of ASAP. Anyways, this is all that's happened the past two days so keep checking!