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08-12-2003, 03:59 PM | #1 | |
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not feeling V-Tech
ok here's the deal, i recently bout a 94 civic and i test drove it and everything before i bought it and everything felt fine. Felt fine for someone who was just taught how to drive stick only a few weeks before. to cut a long story short. i mad a couple friends drive my car and everyone is telling me that the car moves well but the dont feel when the V-Tech kicks in. my question is, do you really feel significant power from the V-Tech once it kicks in or is my engine ok and my friends are being assholes. if something is wrong please tell me what is wrong and what i can do to solve the problem. take a look at what my car here www.cardomain.com/id/jamaicanbadboi
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08-12-2003, 04:32 PM | #2 | |
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you dont really feel to much when it kicks in, but your car will sound differently, check your oil level, if it is too low, VTEC will not engage.
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08-12-2003, 06:42 PM | #3 | |
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i love the way people talk about it like it's some sort of powerful mechanism waiting to be released.........Here come's vtec!!!! wooooshh!!!!! Taking of like a rocket guys!
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08-13-2003, 10:24 AM | #4 | |
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Why is this in the JDM forum and not tech support... and god dammit it's VTEC not V-TECH. VTEC makes a bit more sound (with an intake and exhaust maybe) on an EX and that's it. It's a 127hp sohc engine, what do you expect? On my civic type r engine it is a rocket blast, especially in 1st and 2nd gear, but mine has almost 60 more hp than you and it's a dohc.
Buy an LED, wire one side into the green/yellow striped wire coming off your ecu, and ground the other side, and see if the light turns on while you're driving hard. I think VTEC engages around 4500rpms on the EX so look for it to light up around there. If it doesn't, then it's not working and we can go from there. |
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08-13-2003, 02:28 PM | #5 | |
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I'm not feeling their phones either, shitty range.
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08-13-2003, 02:46 PM | #6 | |
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another thing to get straight, does ur honda even have VTEC?
I mean u didnt even mentioned that the civic had it when u bought it or if u put it on later. If it doesnt have the VTEC, well of course its not gonna kick in! |
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08-13-2003, 02:51 PM | #7 | |
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"Vehicle: 94 Honda Ex 4 Dr"
Ex=vtec
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08-13-2003, 04:22 PM | #8 | |
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I used to have a 96 Civic EX coupe and I could never feel the V-TEC on it......But I could hear it working.....
Like the privious posters said you cant expect much form a SOHC |
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08-13-2003, 04:27 PM | #9 | |
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I'm out to prove that previous statement as wrong as i can.
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08-13-2003, 04:47 PM | #10 | |
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Heh...
Im not trying to bag on SOHC.....but from my experience with em its simply smarter to swap to a DOCH.... |
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08-13-2003, 04:57 PM | #11 | |
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yeah, maybe i should, it would be the easy way out.
yeah, maybe i should, everyone else is doing it. yeah, maybe i should, with a 200 hp sohc i wouldn't get any respect like i would with a 200 hp dohc
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08-13-2003, 05:13 PM | #12 | |
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Have you taken it to the track out there?
What time did you get? Only reason I ask is there is only so much you can do with SOHC.....Yes I have found some to be fast turbo, Supercharged, and NOS....but I have only seen them as full race..... are you full race? street? Ive taken my Type-R to the Carlsbad raceway here in the San Diego Area and hit a 14.2 and planning to run at the pomona raceway and see what I do out there. |
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08-13-2003, 07:05 PM | #13 | |||
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Smarter as you don't have to by lots of parts to make it work? Nope, swapping can actually be more of a hassle in some cases, esp. when swapping out for a JDM motor. As quoted by Hurrikain on ATLhonda D-series message board... Quote:
As for the SOHC VTEC matter, it's a known fact the D16 VTEC doesn't kick the seat of your pants like it would in a Prelude, or Integra, but you should be able to tell the differance if you know what to hear/look for and know exactly when it kicks in. Also make sure you VTEC parts (solenoids and such) are all working correctly. And like mentioned, hooking up a VTEC indicator light wouldn't be a bad idea either.
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So a untouched B18B1 is boosting 14 PSI, making 250+ WHP. Lets see any stock D series do that. You have to drop in about 3 Grand in internals to do that. Lets see, D16Y8+14 PSI=Connecting rod(s) venting the block - not to mention the piston(s) that just blew out through your hood along with the head. Oh one other thing, the tranny is 50 feet back laying on the ground too. |
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08-13-2003, 09:35 PM | #15 | |
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It all depends on the internals used. Not all D-series internals are as weak as you think. And D-block parts can be just much interswapped between eachother, as B-series internals. Before ASSUMING too much, you oughta maybe check out the facts for yourself before you assume on something others are too afraid to try, and take the "easy way" bandwagon out. That's all the B-series is, a lazy man's fad.
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