so we installed my friends turbo in his b20vtec civic and we take it for a test drive and the vtec isnt kicking in. the plug was connected and everything but it just wasnt going. when we tapped it for the oil for the turbo we just put a tee at the end of the vtec line and ran it to the turbo. do you think the vtec isnt kicking in cuz of the lack of oil pressure? is there a way we can make the pressure go up? my friend is running a p28 chipped and vafc controller. please help..

 

out of topic but do you want the b16 head I have? I tried to get a hold of you(pm'd) but you didn't respond.

I still have it let me know!

 

umm nah my friend doesnt need it yet but soon.

 

now does any one know whats wrong with my friend whip??

 

sorry I'm using this as a way to talk to you but okay... if you need it let me know and if i still have it we can go from there.

 

iiight np man...now does any one know whats wrong with my friend whip??

 

install a oil pressure gauge and see what it reads... in my CRX it went up to 60psi at 7000rpm.

if you don't see a good amount of pressure, that's your problem.

 

whats a good amount of pressure? did you have the golden eagle sandwich plate or did you have just straight up fittings and tee's??

 

wheres the easiest place to get a oil pressure reading?

 

it was just tee fittings and hoses. but i didn't have a vtec head it was just a ZC engine. anyways at full throttle i saw 60psi+ of oil. around 4800rpm it was about 45psi. It has got to be somewhere around there for your vehicle. good luck

 

ok...will be doing this 2morrow. can i install a smaller oil filter to increase oil pressure...is this safe?

 

the opening is too small to flow 80psi. a sanwich adapter will fix it. be sure to add a orifice on the turbo feed line to lower the pressure

 

did you install a vtec oil pump?

 

we did not build the b20/vtec...we just turboed it, and it was wroking b4 the turbo set up...so a smaller filter isnt a good idea?

 

COol

 

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what? *** off!

 

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maybe the turbo isnt getting enough oil also , i would look into oil pressure before u burn out your turbo

 

we will be checking out the oil pressure 2morrow....will a smaller oil filter increase pressure...or thicker oil? we are running on 10w 40 right now

 

if we didnt have a vtec oil pump i dont think the vtec would work at all. right??

 

it would prob. work but the extra line feeding the turbo would drop the oil pressure some more. just check it with a guage first....

 

true man

 

bump man !!

 

Stop bumping both of these threads. Pick one and let the other one die

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1055600

 

boo im just trying to get some answers quick. some people only look at one forum not all of them. so i did this to get the word out. gotem