90 Civic HF ZC SWAP 1.6 SOHC 4spd Tranny

I would like to know why my car lags on 2nd gear and little on 3 gear after the swap. I'm using the stock ECU, The Motor is a 1.6 SOHC. There is a bronze colored canister-like piece that sits on the back of the valve cover and the hatch has no connections to it, so I shut all inlet openeings into the canister. Civic EX motors have this piece on their motor. I'm wondering if the lag has anything to do with this bronze canister-like pice that sits on the back of the valve cover in front of the intake pipe.

are you still using the hf tranny? do you have a picture of the bronze piece your talking about?

I have a 90 crx hf with the zc and first used the dx tranny and it lagged a little in secound also but i found a jdm zc tranny on ebay and its a hole new car also you should try a 88-91 si or integra ecu or if you can find a zc ecu use that and your problum will be solved. : just my :2cents:

I do have a picture. I'll post it up soon. Yes I am using the 4 spd Hf Tranny. I have a Manual Pm6 ECU. Let me run some checks and get back to you guys. Thanks alot for your replies.