Okay I have fully built LS/VTEC engine, and the car really doesn't have pep. It hesitates a bit, try to get on the accelerator and the car doesn't really take off. I have a check engine light on and used a jumper wire to see what the code is the check engine light goes off but the SRS light just blinks. I'm running this in a 95 honda civic with a chipped p28.

 

who chipped it? did it run good before?

 

The car originally had a d16 and Pure Tuning in Toledo, Ohio chipped it for me. Its got S100 chip.

 

if they chipped it properly with a removable jumper for J16(i think), remove that and see if it will run off the stock basemap.

 

They told me the did a base map chip, so what does that mean then?

 

Can you open the ecu top cover and see if there is a jumper on J16. I believe that is the correct jumper location, but if you can take a photo of the ecu and post it, I can try to help you.

Problem is, basemaps are purely for startups and modified engines shouldn't be running on them for an extended period. People think they have a "custom" map when they give a "tuner" specific parts/mods on their motor setup and the tuner sends them a tuned map for another car with similar/same setup. Yes, it would work, but for optimum performance gains, each motor should be tuned individually on the dyno once the motor is started.

 

okay, yeah I can do that. Thanks for the help.

 

it's j1 to go back to stock. cut it and see if it goes to normal p28.

 

Will the car run? Is it possible that it's looking for a knock sensor, because I didn't put a knock sensor on the engine?

 

your problem is that you are running a basemap. p28 doesnt have a knock function so no dice there.

if the engine was never tuned, that would be next on my list and labeled as top priority. basemaps are not designed (or should not be designed at least) to be peppy.