does anyone know what i can do to test, and make sure that the VTEC is operational!

my gsr is stock...so i know i will not hear or feel vtec that much...I just want to be sure all is working since i cant hear jack!!...at times i can feel its presence..

But anyway...
can i test the solenoid for voltage or something?
i don't know where the vtec solenoid is located, so anyone with suggestions..please be detailed...
Thanks and much appreciation!!




[Modified by skunkintegra, 10:40 PM 12/11/2002]

 

if you have a GSR, you can't really hear it.

 

if ur still acclerating quickly and ur in the range of 4400-8000 rpm then vtec is working. on a stock gsr u cant tell when vtec kicks in, u would know if it wasnt working though.
sorry i dont i know how to test the solenoid voltage.

 

hey....thats cool!!
yea...it pulls good in high rpm's...sounds like i am OK!

well i think know vtec is working...
the other day i worked a 2000+ de-bagded VW-lowered/exhaust, I kept losing him with each upshift

i love it

and as far as hearing VTEC....guess I've been watching too much of Skunk2nR's video of dyno day!!!!!!





[Modified by skunkintegra, 6:40 AM 12/12/2002]

 

Take the top off of your air box, sounds pretty loud, should be able to hear vtec then.

 

If vtec is not operating properly or operating at all your check engine light would be on.

 

wouldent that be your secondary intake that would be loud...thats what i heard when i had a b18c1

H22 much differnt

 

unbolt the two bolts that connect to your muffler, just unbolt off....make a couple runs and git back to us....you'll hear vtec clearly

 

i read in an article once that the gt-r's vtec is unnoticable

 

you mean GSR, and yes, that is correct.

 

If you wanna test for VTEC you will need: a multimeter, wire tap, and a length of wire.

Just tap into your VTEC solenoid wire: A4, then run a wire from there to one of the leads on your multimeter (or volt ohmmeter) and touch the other lead to your chassis to ground it out. Now at 4400 RPM's you should see voltage jump up and stay up until you let off the throttle! That will at least tell you for sure that your ecu is sending the signal.

 

man you cant hear vtec. lol. when i first bought my gsr after i had my ls integra i could definitly tell when the secondaries opened,4400 is a lil hard but at 5800 you should feel and hear a difference even as stock. get a aem short ram or cold air intake you will hear it. after that you'll be hooked and buy more and more **** for your car and be broke just like me.

 

you lost to a 2000 jetta?? or a passat. damn, sucks if you lost to a jetta, get some mods on there.

 

it sounds like this....baaaaaaaaaa bAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

 

no...i was ahead the whole time....each time i would upshift...i'd lose him even more!!!

 

like everyone else said on a stock gs-r you can't really hear vtec. but as soon as you add an aftermarket header it becomes much more noticable.

 

before i had a short ram intake, i took the top cover off my airbox and it made it sound alot better and the filter was still doing its job....w/ just an intake, if you listen really close, you can hear the x-over at 4,400....

 

ROFl...

Actually, it does!!!

 

yea u could test it like that or buy a AEM intake

 

http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/we...MxeTU0MQ%3D%3D

Here's my stock GS-R, and I can hear the Vtec kicking in clearly.




[Modified by Skunk2nR, 8:48 PM 12/12/2002]

 

trust me u can feel the diff when vtec is working...

a lil while ago my thermostat was stuck wide open so my engine wouldnt fully warm up therefore vtec did not work..

it was so god damn slow, the diff was quite noticable

 

my car's vtec when i only had an injen short ram sounded as loud as itr cams. but 130 bucks is an expensive solution. use the multimeter.

 

my VTEC is obvious to me and I have a 40% hearing loss. You should hear it and feel it. Remember you need over 50lbs of oil pressure for it to work so confirm you have good oil pressure.

 

Nice vid, I busted a nut when VTEC engaged. That **** was loud!

 

haha..then youll faint when you hear vtec engage on a b18c5 equipped w/ JUN 3s screaming to 9000 rpm.