husyk

I won free dyno pulls at a raffle at Cars and Copters back in September 2011. I took the car on Friday (down pour) to Kaizen Tuning to see how much difference the stage 1 cam makes. The dyno in question is a Dyno Dynamics 450DS AWD dyno, I was told it tends to give lower figures compared to other dynos.

Car specs when dynod:
-120k miles on engine and tranny
-21mm RSX rear sway Bar
-Bilstein struts/shocks
-Neuspeed Strut Bar
-AEM SRI
-Eibach Pro-Kit Springs
-Crower Stage 1 cam
-bomerman19's BBK
-Russell SS brake lines
-Ingalls camber kit (F+R)
-OEM Fogs w/switch
-EP3 OEM wheels
-Michelin Primacy MXV4 tires (high mileage)
-Everything else is stock

Results, not very clear though, gurus feel free to interpret, couldn't get torque curves.





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Pics of the car on the dyno.

RdcsVtec

I believe you forgot to say what's your engine?

Because the results may be good or bad depending on the engine you have!

DJ4Jesus77

Considering he said everything is stock, and its a Crower stage 1 cam, I'd bet its a D17A2.
I'd say those are pretty good results taking in the fact that it's an automatic transmission.

01_civic

nice readings nonetheless

EM2abe

whats the original whp of an em2 with a D17A2?

MindBomber

^Depending on the dyno, condition of the engine and whether it's auto or manual, between 90-105whp.

EM2abe

That's a pretty damn good gain, then...

morado2185

nice gains dude

mayhem3x

With the dyno runs did they do a tune also? Just curious as with the cam you might be able to squeeze a bit more with a tune.

husyk

Numbers are with stock ECU, can't tune with stock ECU. Not doing any more mods until parts fail.

MindBomber

Most people hit around 125-127whp with a stage 1 cam tuned on k-pro.

EM2abe

Plus a thousand dollars later, too...

MindBomber

No doubt, if you have k-pro stage 1 doesn't make sense.

Spend the extra $300 on upgrading the valve train and $150 for a short dyno tune, buy a stage 2 cam for the same price as the stage 1 and make 145-149whp instead.

EM2abe

Wouldn't you lose out on a lot of the fuel efficiency too though?

MindBomber

Of course, but nothing to significant.

Besides, if your spending $1600 on aftermarket parts for your engine, fuel efficiency from a cost perspective isn't usually much of a concern. That $1600 is enough to drive 7500kms if you want to save money lol..