How to Build a B20V

With the bearing clearances dialed in, all that’s left to prep for installing the crank, pistons, and rods in the block is double checking the piston to wall clearance and setting the ring gaps. Read more...

Measuring bearing clearances isn’t what I’d call the most exciting step when it comes to building an engine but it’s an important one that can catch issues that will dramatically shorten your engine’s life. Simply put, bearing clearance is how much space exists between your crank journals and the main / rod bearings. Read more...

In order to hit my power goals of 200 - 225whp, the B20V I’m building will need some mods to get there. Originally my block was a high compression B20B that had the better PHK pistons but the cylinders were out of round and had to be bored 0.5mm over (not to mention 1 piston was cracked) so I can’t use the stock internals. Read more...

Building a B20 VTEC (aka B20V, aka CRVTEC) isn’t much more difficult than building a normal B20 but it can be daunting to figure out what you’ll need for parts with so many different options out there. You can do anything from slapping a VTEC head on a stock B20 block and sending it, to going all out with high comp pistons, big cams, and a bunch of headwork. Read more...