[Fishcat37]

hey, what's up everyone. here's my problem. yesterday, I was putting in my new hyperwhite headlights, and i had to move the battery out of the way to get to the high beam. after i was done, i looked down at the postive lead off of the battery, and where it connects to the starter, the nut that holds it on was missing, and the cable had obviously slipped off because nothing was holding it on anymore. Also, my car was overheating because of a bad connection for the cooling fan. so, i put a nut on there hand tight (i was at work - i'm a pizza delivery guy), and i went on a few deliverys. later on in the day, i tried to start my car and it wouldn't start. I popped the hood and noticed that the nut had fallen off. I put the only other nut i had (an acorn nut....which grounded out the post when it bottomed out on it) on it hand tight, and i tried to start it. i obviously didn't....so i rolled it down a hill and popped the clutch. now i was driving it, and i floored it in first gear....and VTEC sounded kind of quiet....AND THEN IT REV LIMITED ME AT 7500RPMS INSTEAD OF 8200!!!!!! i was like what the fuck!@#%!@$^ then I shifted into 2nd, and tried it again...this time it sounded like i had a damn ZC motor....no noticeable VTEC crossover....and once again it limited me at 7500. I brought it home...put the correct nut on the starter.....and tighted it down with a 12mm wrench. i still do not hit VTEC. PLEASE HELP.....I WAS SUPPOSED TO RACE THIS FOOL WITH A V8 JEEP ON SATURDAY.......I'VE ONLY BEEN WITHOUT VTEC FOR A MATTER OF HOURS....BUT I'M ALREADY EXPERIENCING WITHDRAWL. thanx (sorry for the insane length of this post)